| Class 46 'Peak' |
Type 4 |
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| Design: British Railways | |||
| Engine: Sulzer Twelve Cylinder 12LDA28B (2500hp) | |||
| Main Generator: Brush | |||
| Traction Motors: Brush | |||
| Wheel Arrangement: 1 Co-Co 1 | |||
| Total Built: 56 (1962-63 at Crewe) | |||
| Total : 3 | |||
| Class 46 'Peak' |
Type 4 |
|
|
| Design: British Railways | |||
| Engine: Sulzer Twelve Cylinder 12LDA28B (2500hp) | |||
| Main Generator: Brush | |||
| Traction Motors: Brush | |||
| Wheel Arrangement: 1 Co-Co 1 | |||
| Total Built: 56 (1962-63 at Crewe) | |||
| Total : 3 | |||
The
class 46's were a variant of the class 45's but with Brush electrical
equipment. Fifty-six were built between 1962 - 1963 with the majority of
their lives spent split between Laira and Gateshead depots for cross
country passenger traffic. A lack of electric train heating equipment
meant the class started to be withdrawn in the
early 1980's and all had been taken out of service by 1984. Two of the
class saw further use with the RTC at Derby and both of these locos make
up two of the three that have been preserved. |
