Birmingham Railway Carriage & Wagon Co. Diesel at Harringay West
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Birmingham Railway Carriage & Wagon Co. Diesel at Harringay West
Image: © Ben Brooksbank Taken: 4 Apr 1959
A mixture of anticipation and dread accompanied the abrupt introdution of these unfamiliar main-line Diesels onto the empty stock workings into King's Cross. Here the first Birmingham RC&W/Sulzer 1,160 hp Type 2 Bo-Bo, No. D5300, is on an Up van train at Harringay - on which hitherto steam locomotives had operated and for another four years would still do so. This Type 2 1,160 hp Bo-Bo (later class 26) began work here, but the class were soon sent up to the Scottish Region and worked there for 20 years or so, but were not a great success. This 'pioneer' Diesel is preserved at the Barrow Hill Roundhouse, Staveley.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.578608
Longitude
-0.104651