BR diesel locomotive D5001 in paint shops at Derby, 1958
A photo showing the final outshopping of 'Derby Sultzer' Type 2 diesel locomotive D5001 at Derby Works where BR built numerous railway vehicles. The skilled coach painter is apparently making final adjustments to the locomotive number - slightly staged I suspect! This class of loco formed part of the BR Modernisation Plan and was destined to become Class 24 in the 1960s TOPS renumbering. D5002 was the second to be built and the picture shows it minus the duck-egg blue waistband the prototype D5000 carried. The loco initially saw duty on the Southern Region of BR.
BR diesel locomotive D5001 in paint shops at Derby, 1958
A photo showing the final outshopping of 'Derby Sultzer' Type 2 diesel locomotive D5001 at Derby Works where BR built numerous railway vehicles. The skilled coach painter is apparently making final adjustments to the locomotive number - slightly staged I suspect! This class of loco formed part of the BR Modernisation Plan and was destined to become Class 24 in the 1960s TOPS renumbering. D5002 was the second to be built and the picture shows it minus the duck-egg blue waistband the prototype D5000 carried. The loco initially saw duty on the Southern Region of BR.