BR Class 45 1Co-Co1 Locomotives

Diesel-electric for mainline express passenger trains

Class 45 diesels have a maximum tractive effort of 245 kN (55000 lbf) and a maximum speed 90 mph. Class 45 diesel locomotives were designed for hauling express passenger trains on the London Midland region of British Railways.

Contemporary and Heritage-Preserved, Diesel, Diesel-Electric and Electric Locomotives

My Archive Steam Photos from the 1960s

Class45 45108 (45 108) at the Midland Railway Centre, Swanwick Junction

Class 45 diesel locomotive 45041 (45 041) "ROYAL TANK REGIMENT", in British Rail blue livery 9GCR Loughborough, July 2015), built as D53 (D 53) at Crewe Works in 1962.

Portrait of express diesel locomotive Class 45 D123 built at Crewe Works 1961

Diesels on the Great Central Railway: Class 45 1Co-1Co Diesel-electric locomotive D123, here named 'Leicestershire and Derbyshire Yeomanry' (D 123, was later numbered 45125, built Crewe Locomotive Works 1961). (Apparently the name was first used by D163/46026 and/or D135/45149 ?)

Midland Railway Centre, Butterley: Diesel Electrics 50007 and Class 45108 (45 108)

Midland Railway Centre, Butterley: Class 45133 (45 133)

The Barrow Hill Roundhouse: Blue liveried 1Co-Co1 Sulzer Diesel-Electric Class 45  45112 THE ROYAL ARMY ORDNANCE CORPS (45 112, D 61, D61) built at Crewe in 1962.

The Barrow Hill Roundhouse: Blue liveried 1Co-Co1 Sulzer Diesel-Electric locomotive Class 45 45060 SHERWOOD FORESTER (45 060, D100, D 100) built at Crewe Locomotive Works in 1961.

My Archive Steam Photos from the 1960s

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