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London North Western
Railway:
Midland
Railway:
Stratford
Midland Junction Railway
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LMS: Birmingham New Street to Tamworth LMS: Nuneaton to
Birmingham New Street
Water Orton Station: mrwo1762
Two unidentified English Electric Type 1 locomotives pass
through Water Orton station towards Derby on a very wintry day. In total, two
hundred and twenty-eight locomotives of the class were built by English
Electric between 1957 and 1968. As seen above, the locomotives were originally
numbered from D8000 to D8199 and D8300 to D8327 and to railway enthusiasts they
were known as 'Choppers', a name derived from the distinctive beat that the
engine produced when under load which resembles the sound of a helicopter.
These Bo-Bo locomotives, later categorised under TOPS as Class 20, produced
1,000 horsepower and could operate at up to 75 mph. Being designed for work
light mixed freight traffic, they have no train heating facilities and had a
single cab at one end. As seen above it was common to find them paired together
at the nose, with their cabs at opposite ends, ensuring that the driver could
quite clearly see the road ahead.
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