Southern Giants: 10201-203
Nov 12, 2019
3 minutes
RAIL PHOTOPRINTS
The two main line diesels commissioned by the Southern Railway actually pre-dated the LMS English Electric pioneers (page 64) by several years but due to leisurely construction they did not enter traffic until 1950. Thus the SR machines never really received the prominence which they deserved. A joint exercise by the SR Chief Mechanical Engineer, O.V.S. Bulleid and English Electric, they were distinctive machines whose rounded body shape matched the Bulleid coaches which were coming on
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