There are still some prototypes to go before that can be claimed!
A REAL class 70 would be nice (even if only one of the two design versions), I'll admit, and none of those horrific looking diseasal thingimybobbers they have now, which contravene the rules given in TOPS (classes 70- 79 was for DC electrics, NOT for diesels!).
You forgot LOADHAUL!!
I am led to believe that there are sound recordings of many of the early diesels. Whether a class 16 is included is another matter, but, if all else fails, we can just wait for D8233 to be fired up again!
Oh, and for the record, the black and white film of the '16 in Video 125's Diesel And Electric On 35mm does not include the original sound, rather, what you hear is a recording from a more common type (I can't remember off hand currently). A class 21 (was it?) also appears in the same sequence, but yet again, it is not with the original sound IIRC.
Many years ago, I came across a model of a class 88 electric loco in BR Blue.
It turned out to be someone's idea of a joke using a French loco.
Really wish I'd bought it now too, but I was about 10 at the time.
That would be amazing beyond words, especially next to Bachmann's class 85, but I can't see it happening just yet.
It was said earlier in the thread that they were ran on trial in Scotland, and obviously must have been delivered south from there
I'll get me coat, but before I do, just for the record, I'd happily buy one. They were LONG before my time, but I am only too aware what they were, along with all the other loco classes ever dreamed up.