D226 Haworth 29/03/91
English Electric shunter D226 'Vulcan' seen at Haworth shed on Sat 29th March 1991.
D226 was one of two prototype shunters built at Vulcan Foundry in 1956. Fitted with a 500hp EE engine, D226 had diesel-electric transmission and D227 had diesel-hydraulic transmission. The locos were soon renumbered D0226 and D0227 to avoid confusion with the numbers carried by the 'new' EE Type 4s. Both engines were based at Stratford during testing with D0227 being retired in September 1959 and D0227 in October 1960. Only D226 survives today.
D226 Haworth 29/03/91
English Electric shunter D226 'Vulcan' seen at Haworth shed on Sat 29th March 1991.
D226 was one of two prototype shunters built at Vulcan Foundry in 1956. Fitted with a 500hp EE engine, D226 had diesel-electric transmission and D227 had diesel-hydraulic transmission. The locos were soon renumbered D0226 and D0227 to avoid confusion with the numbers carried by the 'new' EE Type 4s. Both engines were based at Stratford during testing with D0227 being retired in September 1959 and D0227 in October 1960. Only D226 survives today.