The British Rail Class 29 was a class of 20 diesel-electric Bo-Bo locomotives produced by re-engining the North British Type 2 units, later Class 21 under the TOPS numbering. From 1963 the original, unreliable licence-built MAN engines were replaced by Paxman Ventura V12 engines, the first unit, D6123, being converted at Paxman's Colchester works and the other 19 in 1965 to 1967 at Glasgow and Inverurie. The units were designed for both passenger and freight trains. They gave more power and much better reliability, but their small class size and non-standard engine meant a short life: all were withdrawn in 1969 and 1971 and scrapped, and none survives.
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The machines were produced from 1963 onwards from the North British Type 2 (later Class 21 under TOPS)
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The machines were produced from 1963 onwards from the North British Type 2 (later Class 21 under TOPS)
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The British Rail Class 29 were a class of 20 diesel-electric Bo-Bo locomotives produced by the re-engining of the NBL Type 2 units.
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The British Rail Class 29 were a class of 20 diesel-electric Bo-Bo locomotives produced by the re-engining of the NBL Type 2 units.
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The British Rail Class 29 were a class of 20 diesel-electric Bo-Bo locomotives produced by the re-engining of the NBL Type 2 units.
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the other 19 were withdrawn between April and December 1971 and scrapped at BR's Glasgow Works in 1971-72
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The machines were produced from 1963 onwards from the North British Type 2 (later Class 21 under TOPS)
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The British Rail Class 29 were a class of 20 diesel-electric Bo-Bo locomotives produced by the re-engining of the NBL Type 2 units.
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