LMS Route: Birmingham New Street to Tamworth

LMS Route: Nuneaton to Birmingham New Street

Bromford Bridge Station: mrbb645

View of British Railways Type 2 D5193 locomotive coupled with an unknown classmate standing at Bromford Bridge station's up platform after closure to passenger services. Later re-designated Class 25 043, a member of the Class 25/1, it was built at Derby works in April 1963 and remained in service until February 1981 when it was wihsrawn from CD Crede Diesel Depot. They featured the new AEI 253AY traction motor, a result of the collaboration between BTH, MV and American builder Alco. This smaller, lighter motor was an attempt to market a traction motor to a worldwide audience, especially to the metre gauge lines. For Class 25 locomotives these lighter motors meant the discontinuance of other weight saving measures being built into the design. They were highly rated in an attempt to overcome the loss of tractive effort normally found on starting. The field divert system was also modified to allow increased capability throughout all the speed ranges.

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