British Rail Class 56
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The British Rail Class 56 is a type of diesel locomotive designed for heavy freight work. It is a Type 5 locomotive, with a Ruston-Paxman power unit developing 3,250 bhp, and has a Co-Co wheel arrangement. Enthusiasts nicknamed them "Gridirons", due to the grid-like horn cover on the locomotive's cab ends fitted to nos. 56056 onwards. Under its Romanian railway factory nomenclature, the locomotive was named Electroputere LDE 3500, with LDE coming from Locomotivă Diesel-Electrică and the 3500 being the planned horsepower output.
A Class 56 at Doncaster Works in 2003
Builder's portrait of BR 56001 in the premises of the Electroputere works, Craiova, SR Romania (1976)
56115 on a railtour.
Fastline 56303 passing Kingsthorpe, just north of Northampton station, 13 June 2007
Paxman (engines)
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Paxman was a major British brand of diesel engines. Ownership has changed on a number of occasions since the company's formation in 1865, and the brand is now part of MAN Energy Solutions. At its peak, the Paxman works covered 23 acres (9.3 ha) and employed over 2,000 people. Early Paxman diesel engines carried the name Paxman Ricardo.
Davey Paxman & Co portable steam engine at Depot Monumentenhalle of Deutsches Technikmuseum Berlin
Stationary Davey-Paxman engine from the 1890s.
Detail view of same portable engine, showing Paxman builder's plate (dated 1921) on the regulator handle support above the firebox.
Northern Chief of the Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway built in 1925