Class 142 - GW Chocolate & Cream 'Skipper' - 142015 24.5t HOP24/HUO Coal Hopper - OO Gauge represented here by 55004 in

represented here by 55004 in 1977 condition

it entered service on the ELR almost immediately

a small sticker under the driver’s window displayed the allocation

58016 was notable for filling in on a Sprinter diagram on Cambridge to Birmingham services with a motley selection of Mk2 coaches

and the manufacturing output had doubled by 1957

Class 142 - GW Chocolate & Cream 'Skipper' - 142015 24.5t HOP24/HUO Coal Hopper - OO Gauge represented here by 55004 in142015 (55556+55606) Exeter St Davids Paignton The next 13 units, 142015 142027, were for use on branch lines in Devon and Cornwall. New to Plymouth Laira between September December 1985 and branded as Skippers they were delivered in a chocolate and cream scheme in a reverse of the Great Western coaching stock livery, appropriate considering the GW150 celebrations that had been taking place that same year. This was applied to the same format as later