British Rail Class 44
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The British Rail Class 44 or Sulzer Type 4 diesel locomotives were built by British Railways' Derby Works between 1959 and 1960, intended for express passenger services. They were originally numbered
44 010 "Tryfan" on the Birmingham-Peterborough line, 1976.
D1 Scafell Pike at Stafford on the WCML working a passenger train, 1960
D5 Cross Fell at Long Eaton with a train of 16 tonne mineral wagons, 1962
44008 D8 Penyghent
British Rail Class D16/2
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British Railways Class D16/2 was a class of prototype diesel locomotives built by British Railways at Ashford Works and introduced in 1950–1951, with a third example being introduced in 1954. They had
British Rail Class 44
…Wales, and, along with the similar Class 45 and 46 locomotives, they became known as Peaks. In part inspired by LMS prototypes 10000 and 10001, and by Southern Railway 10201-10203, the Class 44 diesels were some of the first big diesels commissioned for the British Rail modernisation project and were the precursors to the Class…
10201 at Tring, 1959
10203 at Wolverton, in 1957