Diesel locomotives built for British Rail from the 1950s onward, from the Deltics and small shunters to the Brush Type 4 and the Class 66 freight locomotive that dominates freight today. An entry belongs here when the cited article names a British Rail diesel class. It excludes electric locomotives and non-British locomotives. Entries are placed by what their own cited article says, so each one sits in the narrowest group its source supports, and the group page lists it beside the other members.
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Wikipedia: British Rail Class 55
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The British Rail Class 55, also known as a Deltic, or English Electric Type 5, is a class of diesel locomotive built in 1961 and 1962 by English Electric for British Railways.
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The British Rail Class 55, also known as a Deltic, or English Electric Type 5, is a class of diesel locomotive built in 1961 and 1962 by English Electric for British Railways.
View the Source Wikipedia: British Rail Class 20
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The British Rail Class 20, otherwise known as an English Electric Type 1, is a class of diesel-electric locomotive.
British Rail Class 08, Wikipedia
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The British Rail Class 08 is a class of diesel-electric shunting locomotives built by British Railways (BR).
British Rail Class 47 (Wikipedia)
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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.
British Rail Class 66 (Wikipedia)
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The British Rail Class 66 is a type of six-axle diesel-electric freight locomotive developed in part from the Class 59, for use on UK railways.
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