25059 BR Type 2, Class 25 BO – BO Diesel Electric

A versatile freight locomotive, often used on passenger duties A successful first generation Type 2, these locomotives served the network well for over 25 years until withdrawn when the type of work for which they were designed or replaced by more modern machines. Popular with preserved lines, 20 have entered preservation, although not all are…

20031 BR Type 1, Class 20 BO – BO Diesel Electric 20031

A long lived reliable class of first generation diesels 228 Type 1 diesel electric diesel locomotives were produced, introduced in 1957, examples of the class, 63 years after first manufacture, can still be seen across the network, usually working as pairs An ideal locomotive when a diesel’s required diesel It is testimony to the build…

Class 144 ‘Pacer’ for KWVR

The Class 144 ‘Pacer’ unit will move to our base in Haworth following its retirement from an operation on the national rail network with Northern, currently expected to be in late May.