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Hornby BR Diesel Electric Class 20

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BR Class 20 No. TBA in BR blue livery.

The British Rail Class 20, otherwise known as an English Electric Type 1, is a class of diesel electric locomotive. In total, 228 locomotives in the class were built by English Electric between 1957 and 1968, the large number being in part because of the failure of other early designs in the same power range to provide reliable locomotives. They were originally numbered D8000-199 and D8300-27.

The shift of light mixed freight to the road network left British Rail with an oversupply of small locomotives. The Class 20s, however, could work in multiple and so handle heavier traffic. Most spent the majority of their working lives coupled nose to nose in pairs to provide a more useful 2000hp unit and to solve the visibility problems. Most have now been scrapped but a few remain with DRS and other preservation and industrial operators. Several which are usually operated singly have been fitted with nose-mounted video cameras in order to solve the visibility problems.

Livery: BR Blue Length: 187mm Finish: Pristine Motor: 6 pole skew wound Features: NEM Couplings DCC Ready

Scale: 1:76

Release Date: Early December 2008

DCC Ready

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