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Media in category "Diesel–electric locomotives of Great Britain" This category contains only the following file. Lion cover photo (Modern Railways, August 1962).jpg 397 × 250; 17 KB
Pages in category "Diesel–hydraulic locomotives of Great Britain" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
British Rail operated a large number of different diesel locomotive types. The majority of these were built between 1955 and 1968. The majority of these were built between 1955 and 1968. Many classes were rushed into service as part of the 1955 Modernisation Plan , but poor reliability and a rapid decline in rail transport meant that some would ...
They were transferred to other depots after a few months but Laira received a fresh allocation in 1964 and by October 1971 the whole fleet of 74 locomotives were based here. [19] Withdrawals started in 1973 and the last were withdrawn in 1977. [20] By this time British Rail Class 50 diesel-electric locomotives had taken over many of their ...
British Rail Motive Power Combined Volume 2000. Sheffield: Platform 5. ISBN 1-902336-13-5. Hunt, David (2005). LMS locomotive Profiles Vol. 9: Main Line Diesel-Electrics Nos. 10000 and 10001. Wild Swan Publications. ISBN 1-905184-04-2. Ian Allan (1969). British Railways Locomotives and Other Motive Power: Combined Volume. London: Ian Allan ...
GWR Unlined Green, Great Western lettering Tyseley Locomotive Works 98452 45 mph Tyseley: Stored No Boiler ticket expired 2021 9600 - GWR "8750 Pannier Tank" 0-6-0: BR Black, Early Emblem Tyseley Locomotive Works 98457 45 mph Tyseley: Stored No 45305: Alderman A.E. Draper: LMS "Black 5" 4-6-0: BR Black, Late Crest 5305 Locomotive Association ...
It was equipped with an English Electric 6K diesel engine and two English Electric traction motors. It was delivered to Swindon Works in April 1936 as GWR No. 2. [1] Under British Railways ownership, it was renumbered 15100 in March 1948, and classified D3/10 (later 3/11A). [2]
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. They were both the first privately-owned diesel locomotives, and the first US-made diesel locomotives ...