The British Rail Class 59 is a fleet of Co-Co diesel-electric locomotives built between 1985 and 1995 by the Electro-Motive Division of General Motors for use in Great Britain. A total of 15 locomotives were built for three different operators.
A Class 59 at Doncaster Works in 2003
59001 at Southampton Docks having been unloaded from the MV Fairlift in January 1986
Inside the cab
59003 Yeoman Highlander at Reading, 1992
Foster Yeoman Limited, based near Frome, Somerset, England, was one of Europe's largest independent quarrying and asphalt companies. It was sold to Aggregate Industries in 2006.
The entrance to Torr Works Quarry
Class 08 shunter at the Torr Works Quarry