First of the Type 1s: BR 10800
Nov 12, 2019
3 minutes
RAIL PHOTOPRINTS
For lighter mixed traffic duties on secondary and branch lines, replacing Stanier/Ivatt 2MT 2-6-2T steam locomotives, the London Midland & Scottish Railway worked with British Thompson-Houston (BTH) and the North British Locomotive Co. (NBL) to design and build a small four-axle diesel-electric locomotive. The companies devised a North American style ‘hood’ unit with a single cab positioned between a long bonnet containing the power unit and a shorter bonnet housing a steam heating boiler. Although designed by H.G. Ivatt for the
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