ELR’s Type 2 back in action after lengthy overhaul

CLASS 24 No. D5054 Phil Southern returned to traffic during the East Lancashire Railway’s (ELR) Sulzer Theme Day on February 16. 

It has undergone a heavy overhaul over the past nine years, which included a generator overhaul, to avoid failure, as well as attention to the bogies and power unit.

Following completion, repaint in BR green was carried out in January.

Read more in the March 2019 issue of The RM – on sale now!

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