Rhodesia Railways class DE2

The Rhodesia Railways class DE2 was a type of main-line diesel-electric locomotive that English Electric built in England for Rhodesia Railways in the 1950s. The first entered service on 22 June 1955. Locomotives 1200 to 1222 were built at Dick, Kerr and Company in Preston and 1223 to 1234 at Vulcan Foundry in Newton-le-Willows in 1958. They used the 1Co-Co1 wheel arrangement, a semi-streamlined body with a cab behind each nose compartment, and an English Electric 16SVT V16 engine rated at 2,000 horsepower at sea level and 1,710 horsepower in service at altitude. Eight were later fitted with overhauled engines from British Rail Class 40. The class leader, 1200, is preserved in the Bulawayo Railway Museum.