| Class 27 |
Type 2 |
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| Design: Birmingham Railway Carriage & Wagon (BRCW) | |||
| Engine: Sulzer Six Cylinder 6LDA28B (1250hp) | |||
| Main Generator: GEC | |||
| Traction Motors: GEC | |||
| Wheel Arrangement: Bo-Bo | |||
| Total Built: 69 (1961-62 at Smethwick) | |||
| Total Preserved: 8 | |||
The second
BRCW 'Sulzer' design, this time with GEC electrical equipment, was
introduced to the Scottish region at Eastfield in 1962 for work on the
West Highland Line and later examples went to the eastern and midland
regions. The entire class was later based on the Scottish region along
with the 26's and spent the rest of their careers working most types of
trains all over Scotland. In the 1970's the class were utilised on the
push-pull Glasgow - Edinburgh services with a loco on each end of the
train, until replaced by the 47/7's. The remaining engines were based at
Eastfield and were withdrawn by 1987. |
