MODERN TRACTION
LOCOMOTIVES
PROTOTYPES AND PIONEERS (not illustrated)
Had it not been scrapped in 1950, pioneering NER overhead 1.5kV DC electric locomotive No. would have been celebrating its this year. It has been suggested that the 2-Co-2, built for NER’s planned but never realised partial electrification of the East Coast Main Line, could be re-created in the manner of steam locos such as . Nothing similar is currently being considered for three 1960s diesel prototypes (now long scrapped), all of which would have celebrated their this year: BRCW/Sulzer Type 4 Co-Co No.