HELJAN CLAYTON TYPE 1
Apr 22, 2021
3 minutes
Words: Howard Smith Photography: Tony Wright
he story of Britain’s dieselisation of its motive power is well told, with British Railways’ rapid commissioning of many unproven types, some successful, others far less so. The Clayton Equipment Company (Clayton) Type 1 – later Class 17 – fell into the latter category. Plagued with engine reliability problems, on paper the Class promised so much, incorporating innovative design features, yet its unproven power units and the tasks for which these locomotives were constructed ending were to cut their lives short. Some would be retired after as little as five
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