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  • ‘Enter Class 58’- Archive article from 1983

    ‘Enter Class 58’- Archive article from 1983

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    From the February 1983 issue of The Railway Magazine, this report records the completion of the first of 35 Class “58” diesel-alternator locomotives at Doncaster Works. It details their design development, technical specification, testing programme and early performance figures. Order and Background ON December 9 at Doncaster Works, Philip Norman, Managing Director of British Rail…


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