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A Railwayman's View - BR Western Region by Peter Collins > Shires & Midlands > LPPC DSL CO 00970115-Edit

 

 

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

LPPC DSL CO 00970115-Edit Two of the BR’s Type 2 classes of diesel nestle together for company outside the original motive power depot building of Gloucester Horton Road some time in 1973. On the left is a Brush Type 2 Class 31 5828 (later 31295/31447/31547), originally intended for Eastern Region mixed traffic services. At first fitted with Mirrlees 1365hp power units they were mostly rebuilt with 1470hp English Electric units and spread their wings to venture to the Western and Midland Regions. On the right is an example of British Rail’s most common freight and local working Type 2 diesel, a Sulzer Type 2 Class 25 5202 (later 25052), a type that was also often seen in multiple on passenger relief services and in Scotland. In effect they were Derby’s standard Type 2 diesel locomotive. 5828 would later be the first Class 31 to visit Cornwall during its time at Laira depot for Type training for rail crews. Keywords: BR, Western, Gloucester, Horton Road, 85B, 1973, Class 31, Class 25, 5828, 5202, 31295, 31447, 31547, 25052, Shed, Depot
LPPC DSL CO 00970115-Edit Two of the BR’s Type 2 classes of diesel nestle together for company outside the original motive power depot building of Gloucester Horton Road some time in 1973. On the left is a Brush Type 2 Class 31 5828 (later 31295/31447/31547), originally intended for Eastern Region mixed traffic services. At first fitted with Mirrlees 1365hp power units they were mostly rebuilt with 1470hp English Electric units and spread their wings to venture to the Western and Midland Regions. On the right is an example of British Rail’s most common freight and local working Type 2 diesel, a Sulzer Type 2 Class 25 5202 (later 25052), a type that was also often seen in multiple on passenger relief services and in Scotland. In effect they were Derby’s standard Type 2 diesel locomotive. 5828 would later be the first Class 31 to visit Cornwall during its time at Laira depot for Type training for rail crews. Keywords: BR, Western, Gloucester, Horton Road, 85B, 1973, Class 31, Class 25, 5828, 5202, 31295, 31447, 31547, 25052, Shed, Depot
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Two of the BR’s Type 2 classes of diesel nestle

together for company outside the original motive power depot building of Gloucester Horton Road some time in 1973. On the left is a Brush Type 2 Class 31 5828 (later 31295/31447/31547), originally intended for Eastern Region mixed traffic services. At first fitted with Mirrlees 1365hp power units they were mostly rebuilt with 1470hp English Electric units and spread their wings to venture to the Western and Midland Regions. On the right is an example of British Rail’s most common freight and local working Type 2 diesel, a Sulzer Type 2 Class 25 5202 (later 25052), a type that was also often seen in multiple on passenger relief services and in Scotland. In effect they were Derby’s standard Type 2 diesel locomotive. 5828 would later be the first Class 31 to visit Cornwall during its time at Laira depot for Type training for rail crews.