British Rail Class 17
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The British Rail Class 17 was a class of 117 Bo-Bo diesel-electric locomotives built 1962–1965 by Clayton Equipment Company and their sub-contractor Beyer, Peacock & Co., on behalf of British Railways
D8524 in August 1968.
D8574 at Crewe awaiting scrapping in 1971
D8568 arriving from Kidderminster
British Rail Class 16
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The British Rail Class 16 also known as the North British Type 1 was a type of diesel locomotive designed and manufactured by the North British Locomotive Company. A total of ten were produced, these
British Rail Class 17
…for BR mainline diesels. Under BR's 'Pilot Scheme', three different designs of Type 1 locomotive had been produced. Two of these (Classes 15 and 16 under the TOPS classification system) had a layout based on the 10800 prototype, with a single off-centre cab and full-height engine covers, from which…
No. D8403 in green livery with all-yellow front end at Stratford MPD in 1966
British Railways (BR) 10800 ordered previously in 1946 for London Midland & Scottish Railway (LMSR).