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GWR Route: Banbury to Wolverhampton
Warwick Station: gwrw2169
British Railways Type 2 Bo-Bo D6348 is seen waiting in the
bay whilst on Hatton banker duties in July 1966. They were a class of
diesel-hydraulic locomotives designed for the Western Region by the North
British Locomotive Company. They were very similar in appearance to the Class
21 diesel-electrics and their nickname Baby Warship related to their
similarity in appearance (and internal equipment) to the British Rail Class
D20/2 or Class 41 Warship Class. Fifty seven locomotives were built between
1959 and 1962 and operated in the West of England hauling both passengers and
freight. The class was eventually displaced by the more powerful and reliable
Hymeks and Warships, exacerbated by the bankruptcy of NBL in 1962 and the
consequential lack of spares. By 1971 all had been decommissioned and none
survived into preservation.
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