🚆 The Mighty Class 47 – Britain’s Workhorse of the Rails 🚆 Few locomotives have defined an era quite like the British Rail Class 47. Built between 1962 and 1968 by Brush Traction and BR Crewe Works, these powerful Type 4 diesels became the backbone of British Rail. With over 500 built, they could be seen hauling everything from prestigious express passenger services to heavy freight across the entire network. Known for their distinctive Sulzer engines and versatility, the Class 47s carried alm

🚆 The Mighty Class 47 – Britain’s Workhorse of the Rails 🚆 Few locomotives have defined an era quite like the British Rail Class 47. Built between 1962 and 1968 by Brush Traction and BR Crewe Works, these powerful Type 4 diesels became the backbone of British Rail. With over 500 built, they could be seen hauling everything from prestigious express passenger services to heavy freight across the entire network. Known for their distinctive Sulzer engines and versatility, the Class 47s carried alm

🚆 The Mighty Class 47 – Britain’s Workhorse of the Rails 🚆 Few locomotives have defined an era quite like the British Rail Class 47. Built between 1962 and 1968 by Brush Traction and BR Crewe Works, these powerful Type 4 diesels became the backbone of British Rail. With over 500 built, they could be seen hauling everything from prestigious express passenger services to heavy freight across the entire network. Known for their distinctive Sulzer engines and versatility, the Class 47s carried alm

The Sulzer engine throbs away, as we look inside the cab of class47 D1842 . This was the first class47 to be preserved and is a regular at the Ecclesbourne Valley Railway in Derbyshire, | Adrian Watson

Our class 47 diesel locomotive operated passenger services today for the first time in its new Rail Express Systems (RES) livery! 47714 is seen here at Leyburn Station, running round its train, in preparation to take the 1220 service back to Leeming Bar. Come and see this loco for yourself tomorrow and Monday at our home fleet diesel gala. Timetables, loco roster and tickets here: https://wensleydale-railway.co.uk/diesel-gala/ 🎥 Nick Keegan (24.05.2025) #class47 #britishrail #classictraction #r

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