| Class 26 |
Type 2 |
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| Design: Birmingham Railway Carriage & Wagon (BRCW) | |||
| Engine: Sulzer Six Cylinder 6LDA28 (1160hp) | |||
| Main Generator: Crompton Parkinson | |||
| Traction Motors: Crompton Parkinson | |||
| Wheel Arrangement: Bo-Bo | |||
| Total Built: 47 (1958-59 at Smethwick) | |||
| Total Preserved: 13 | |||
The
BRCW designed class 26's were introduced from 1958 and were installed
with a Sulzer engine along with Crompton Parkinson electrical equipment.
Initially they were based on the eastern region at Hornsey for local
passenger workings out of Kings Cross, but by 1965 these type 2's had been
transferred to Scotland. The class spent the next twenty years working all
types of trains over the region, primarily allocated to Haymarket and
Inverness. The last class members were based at Inverness for engineers
traffic and were withdrawn by late 1993. |
