The British Railways Class 24 diesel locomotives, also known as the Sulzer Type 2, were built from 1958 to 1961. One hundred and fifty-one were built at Derby, Crewe and Darlington, the first twenty of them as part of the British Railways 1955 Modernisation Plan. This class was used as the basis for the development of the Class 25 locomotives.
A BR Blue Class 24 at Motherwell Depot in 1976.
D5054 at Manchester Exchange with an engineering train, 1968.
97201 at Worksop[when?]
Image: Class 24 D5032 at Pickering in July 1981
The Derby Works comprised a number of British manufacturing facilities designing and building locomotives and rolling stock in Derby, England. The first of these was a group of three maintenance sheds opened around 1840 behind Derby station. This developed into a manufacturing facility called the Midland Railway Locomotive Works, known locally as "the loco" and in 1873 manufacturing was split into locomotive and rolling stock manufacture, with rolling stock work transferred to a new facility, Derby Carriage & Wagon Works.
The North Midland and later Midland workshop in 2006
The Midland Counties Railway workshop in 2006
North Midland Railway roundhouse in 2006
Preserved 4-4-0 Midland Compound No. 1000