xxR/ROAD Hanson Cl.59 CoCo 591HOR R30070 Hornby Hanson, Class 59, Co Co, 59101 Era 10 The Class 59 is a Co Co diesel electric locomotive built by Electro Motive Diesel in La Grange, Illinois for British customers. A tender for six locomotives was created by Foster Yeoman, operator of Torr Works, for a powerful locomotive with 95% availability. Although Brush Traction and BREL of Britain were invited to come up with a design, only EMD could be the 95% availability criteria. EMDs