Railways On Line - Class 20 Profile

Class 20 Profile

English Electric Type 1

BUILT: 1957-68 by the English Electric Company at Vulcan Foundry, Newton-le-Willows and Robert Stephenson & Hawthorn, Darlington.

ENGINE: English Electric 1,000hp.

NUMBER SERIES: Between 20001 - 20228.

PREVIOUS NUMBERS: D8000-D8199, D8300-D8327.

TRANSMISSION: 4 English Electric Traction Motors.

MAX SPEED: 60mph.

TRACTIVE EFFORT: 42,000lb.

WEIGHT: 74 tonnes.

WHEEL ARRANGEMENT: Bo-Bo - 3'7" Diameter.

FLEET STRENGTH: 37 (2 July 1998)

PC TOPS Current Locomotive Motive Power Details - Class 20

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[20017 at Crewe] [JPEG Image of 20017 size 29K]

Class 20/0 20017 at Crewe Open Day 1996

[20118 at Crewe] [JPEG Image of 20118 size 33K]

Class 20/0 20118 at Crewe Open Day 1996

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Last revised: 2 July 1998