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A Railwayman's View - BR Western Region by Peter Collins > West Country > LPPC DSL BW 0398

 

 

The photographs in this collection are from the West Country section of Peter Collins' Railwayman's View Book Volume One - BR Western Region.

LPPC DSL BW 0398 For a period, in the early 1970s, the withdrawn D63XX loco duties in the West Country were largely taken over by Class 25 Sulzer Type 2s. Here numbers 7575 (later 25225) and 7624 (later 25274) wait one Sunday morning to go off-shed at Laira for work. Their reign in Devon and Cornwall was short. I am not certain how it was possible to control a diesel locomotive at 2mph. Most likely no-one ever checked. Keywords: Br, Western, Laira, Shed, Depot, Class 25, 7575, 7624, 25225, 25274, Plymouth
LPPC DSL BW 0398 For a period, in the early 1970s, the withdrawn D63XX loco duties in the West Country were largely taken over by Class 25 Sulzer Type 2s. Here numbers 7575 (later 25225) and 7624 (later 25274) wait one Sunday morning to go off-shed at Laira for work. Their reign in Devon and Cornwall was short. I am not certain how it was possible to control a diesel locomotive at 2mph. Most likely no-one ever checked. Keywords: Br, Western, Laira, Shed, Depot, Class 25, 7575, 7624, 25225, 25274, Plymouth
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For a period, in the early 1970s, the withdrawn D63XX

loco duties in the West Country were largely taken over by Class 25 Sulzer Type 2s. Here numbers 7575 (later 25225) and 7624 (later 25274) wait one Sunday morning to go off-shed at Laira for work. Their reign in Devon and Cornwall was short. I am not certain how it was possible to control a diesel locomotive at 2mph. Most likely no-one ever checked.