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Doing what they were built for - hauling freight through the Midlands. This pair of class 20's are on the outskirts of Birmingham at Water Orton. These locos were built in the mid 1950's by English Electric and are now some of the oldest main lind Diesel locomotives still running on British Railways. Vaughan. |
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Diesel locomotive
| Series: | EE20 | ||||||||
| Build: | English Electric 1957−1968 (228) | ||||||||
| Top speed: | 121 km/h | ||||||||
| Gauge: | 1435 mm | ||||||||
| UIC axles: | Bo'Bo' | ||||||||
| Length: | 14.26 m | ||||||||
| Width: | 2.67 m | ||||||||
| Height: | 3.86 m | ||||||||
| Weight: | 73 t | ||||||||
| Power output: | 746 kW |
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| Tractive effort: | 187 kN |
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| Source: | en.wikipedia.org | ||||||||
| Numbering: 20001-20228 |
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BRT-Racal was one of the smaller companies created by British Rail in the run up to rail privatisation in the UK. It was a joint venture between BRB (British Rail Board) and Racal Telecommunications Ltd. The primary resposibility being the railway telephone network and communications systems plus the associated cable network. 12 class 20/0' .. More |
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