British Rail Class 56
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british-rail-class-56-163-9312132
title:
British Rail Class 56
text:
The British Rail Class 56 is a type of diesel locomotive designed for heavy freight work. It is a Type 5 locomotive, with a Ruston-Paxman power unit developing 3,250 bhp, and has a Co-Co wheel arrangement. Enthusiasts nicknamed them "Gridirons", due to the grid-like horn cover on the locomotive's cab ends fitted to nos. 56056 onwards. Under its Romanian railway factory nomenclature, the locomotive was named Electroputere LDE 3500, with LDE coming from Locomotivă Diesel-Electrică and the 3500 bei
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Class of diesel electric locomotives
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_Class_56
date created:
2005-09-20T20:41:01Z
date modified:
2024-08-28T11:16:18Z
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13
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