D600 'Active' at Swindon ? 1963
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D600 'Active' at Swindon ? 1963
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust Taken: 10 Mar 1963
One of a class of just 5 locomotives that the British Transport Commission ordered for use on the Western Region. The hydraulic transmission was similar to the locomotives that the region had developed itself, but otherwise was not to their liking. The class lasted less than 10 years in service.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.566398
Longitude
-1.796529