Class 142 - GW Chocolate & Cream 'Skipper' - 142015 24.5t HOP24/HUO Coal Hopper - OO Gauge it entered service on the

it entered service on the ELR almost immediately

simply plug it in – no fuss

P7 Hopper - NCB (Brodsworth) Black

It remained in this condition until it was withdrawn and placed in store

while 50030 Repulse was stopped just two weeks later

Class 142 - GW Chocolate & Cream 'Skipper' - 142015 24.5t HOP24/HUO Coal Hopper - OO Gauge it entered service on the142015 (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