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It is always a pleasure when British railfans come to visit Hungary. They tend to visit interesting places with their special trains, sometimes hauled by locos that usually do not work passenger trains. With focus on private operator Floyd's ex British Rail locomotives, they travelled across Hungary in early July 2015, visiting lines with .. More |
LDE 3500 HP-BR
Diesel-electric locomotive
| Series: | BR 56 | ||||||||
| Build: | BREL, Electroputere 1976−1984 (135) | ||||||||
| Top speed: | 129 km/h | ||||||||
| Gauge: | 1435 mm | ||||||||
| UIC axles: | Co'Co' | ||||||||
| Length: | 19.35 m | ||||||||
| Width: | 2.79 m | ||||||||
| Height: | 3.89 m | ||||||||
| Weight: | 125 t | ||||||||
| Power output: | 1790 kW |
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| Tractive effort: | 275 kN |
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| Source: | en.wikipedia.org | ||||||||
| Numbering: 56001–56135 |
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Career
 | @private-uk 56 | Private owners group | 2 |
| BR 56 | British Railways Board | 8 |
| Colas Rail 56 | Colas Rail UK | 9 |
| DCR 56 | Devon and Cornwall Railways | 6 |
| EWS 56 | English, Welsh and Scottish Railway | 4 |
| Fastline 56 | Jarvis Fastline | 1 |
| Fertis 56 | Fertis | 1 |
 | Floyd 0659 | Floyd ZRt. | 2 |
| GBRf 56 | GB Railfreight | 1 |
| ROG 56 | Rail Operations Group | 1 |
| UKRL 56 | UK Rail Leasing | 1 |
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An interesting combination 56302 is owned privately. The loco still carries it's Fastline livery, the loco behind 47375 has been hired in from Nemesis Rail a company that specialising in repair, overhaul and hire of locos. The tank are for carrying china clay slurry and is used in paper making and other commodities, the tanks have a nick n .. More |
Changed Feb 11, 2015 Report
