The British Rail Class 23, nicknamed the Baby Deltics, was a class of ten Bo-Bo diesel-electric locomotives built by the English Electric Company in 1959 and numbered D5900 to D5909. Each carried a single nine-cylinder Napier Deltic T9-29 engine of 1,100 bhp, a half-sized version of the engines in the Class 55 Deltics, and the body was similar to the Class 55 but much shorter. They worked outer suburban services from London King's Cross, but cracked cylinder liners and failures of the engine auxiliaries kept availability low, and after a refurbishment they were withdrawn between 1968 and 1971. Only the Napier T9-29 engine No. 388 survives, restored by the Baby Deltic Project.
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The British Rail Class 23 were a class of ten Bo-Bo diesel-electric locomotives built by the English Electric Company (EE) in 1959.
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The British Rail Class 23 were a class of ten Bo-Bo diesel-electric locomotives built by the English Electric Company (EE) in 1959.
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The British Rail Class 23 were a class of ten Bo-Bo diesel-electric locomotives built by the English Electric Company (EE) in 1959.
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a class of ten Bo-Bo diesel-electric locomotives
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The T9-29 diesel engine was a single, half-sized version of those used in the more powerful British Rail Class 55
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1,100 bhp (820 kW)
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The locos were withdrawn between 1968 and 1971.
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The British Rail Class 23 were a class of ten Bo-Bo diesel-electric locomotives built by the English Electric Company (EE) in 1959.
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The British Rail Class 23 were a class of ten Bo-Bo diesel-electric locomotives built by the English Electric Company (EE) in 1959.
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The British Rail Class 23 were a class of ten Bo-Bo diesel-electric locomotives built by the English Electric Company (EE) in 1959.
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