Getting to know the Class 37 that I posted about yesterday brought me back into contact with another model that its prototype is officially described as a DMU (diesel multiple unit) but is a bit of an unusual one in that it was never designed to carry passengers!
The Class 128 was introduced in 1959 and was built by the Gloucester Railway Carriage and Wagon Company specifically for parcel work. The interior was racked out for parcels and it also had bicycle racks at either end. Powered by two 230hp diesel engines it was no slow coach with a top speed of 70mph. Only 10 were built and the last one being scrapped in 1990
My model is by Heljan and I got it around 2013/14. I think the yellow ends suit the blue and it was also, in its later life, liveried in post office red.
Incredibly for such a small numbered prototype it has been available in model form in all three of the major scales of n, 00 and 0 gauge.
