A fleet of twenty Type 2 Co-Bo locomotives was ordered by British Railways from the Metropolitan Vickers Electrical Co. as part of the 'pilot scheme' of 174 locomotives to evaluate various
THE CURIOUS CASE OF THE METRO-VICK Co-Bo
A Tale Of Four Tunnels
The study of the construction of tunnels and the reaction to them by the nineteenthcentury public is an interesting subject. From the advent of railways, the need for expensive tunnels, offering short and direct routes that avoided awkward gradients,
