Class 21 Profile

Introduced in December 1958, this was a another fleet of Type 2 Locomotives ordered under British Railways 1955 Modernisation Plan. Initially an order of 10, a further 48 were ordered before any were delivered. They were ordered for use on the Eastern Region of BR but after a few months all were transferred to the Scottish Region where they spent the rest of their working lives. Due to poor reliability 20 were rebuilt during 1965 with new power units and reclassified as Class 29. Quantity 29 were withdrawn in December 1967 and the remainder had all been withdrawn by the end of December 1971. All were cut up for scrap by the end of 1969 with the exception of D6122 which lasted until June 1980 finally being cut up at Woodham Brothers, Barry scrapyard.