British Rail Class 47 Diesel Locomotive #2
by Gordon James
Title
British Rail Class 47 Diesel Locomotive #2
Artist
Gordon James
Medium
Photograph - Photography Digital
Description
British Rail Class 47 (47596) Diesel Locomotive at Dereham Railway Station on 23/09/22 for the Mid-Norfolk Diesel Gala.
The British Rail Class 47 or Brush Type 4 is a class of diesel-electric locomotive that was developed in the 1960s by Brush Traction. A total of 512 Class 47s were built at Brush's Falcon Works in Loughborough and at British Railways' Crewe Works between 1962 and 1968, which made them the most numerous class of British mainline diesel locomotive.
47596 was built at the Brush Traction Falcon Works Loughborough as D1933 in early 1966 and was withdrawn from service in October 2002. It is shown here at Dereham Railway station in BR Green and is known as Aldeburgh Festival.
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September 25th, 2022
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