British Rail Class D2/7 was a locomotive commissioned by British Rail in England. It was a diesel powered locomotive in the pre-TOPS period built by Hudswell Clarke with a Gardner engine. The mechanical transmission, using a scoop control fluid coupling and three-speed Power-flow SSS (synchro-self-shifting) gearbox,[1] was a Hudswell Clarke speciality.
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Preservation
editOne locomotive was originally preserved after withdrawal but was then scrapped in C F Booths, Rotherham in 2005.One locomotive does survive at the National Coal Mining museum at Wakefield. The locomotive is named ‘Manton’ after its working life at Manton colliery in Nottingham.
Modelling
editA kit is available from Invertrain [2] in 7 mm Scale (O Gauge)
Mercian Models [3] make kits for this locomotive and the very similar industrial version, in both 4 mm and 7 mm scale.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Durham Mining Museum - Colliery Engineering". www.dmm.org.uk.
- ^ "Invertrain Model Railways". www.invertrain.co.uk. Archived from the original on 6 October 2011.
- ^ "Home". modelrailways.tv.
Sources
edit- Ian Allan ABC of British Railways Locomotives, winter 1962/3 edition, page 199