D0260, named Lion, was a prototype Type 4 mainline diesel-electric locomotive built in 1962 by a consortium of Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Company, Sulzer the engine maker and Associated Electrical Industries, at BRCW's Smethwick works near Birmingham.
Lion in service in 1962
The Heljan 00 gauge model of Lion, from the Nº1 end and the roof cooling group
Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Company
The Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Company (BRC&W) was a railway locomotive and carriage builder, founded in Birmingham, England and, for most of its existence, located at nearby Smethwick, with the factory divided by the boundary between the two places. The company was established in 1854.
BRCW makers plate, on display in Thinktank, Birmingham Science Museum
Compartment of luxury saloon coach built for Palestine Railways in 1922, now preserved at the Israel Railway Museum in Haifa
British Rail Class 33 at Swanage
DMU on the Belgrano Sur Line in Buenos Aires, Argentina (1966)