British Rail 10800
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British Railways 10800 was a one-off diesel locomotive built by the North British Locomotive Company for British Railways in 1950. It had been ordered by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway in 19
10800 at North British Locomotive Company, Glasgow
10800 on the down main platform at Rugby
Road switcher locomotive
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A road switcher locomotive is a type of railroad locomotive designed to both haul railcars in mainline service and shunt them in railroad yards. Both type and term are North American in origin, althou
British Rail 10800
…The locomotive was designed by George Ivatt as a possible replacement for steam locomotives on secondary and branch lines. It was the first British road switcher locomotive. The single-cab layout (long bonnet forward) gave the driver a poor view of the road ahead. However, the driver's view was no worse than that from a…
An ALCO RS-1, generally regarded as the first successful road switcher model
A JNR Class DE10, Japan's most popular road switcher model
Withdrawn BTH Type 1, class 15, as a carriage pre-heating unit in 1977
Class 20s coupled nose-to-nose at Derby