Built at Beyer Peacock(Hymek) Ltd., Manchester, in 1963, with a Maybach MD870 unit, this rare loco. had a short life in being withdrawn in 05/1976. It is seen here having just departed from Irwell Vale, during the East Lancashire Railway's Summer Diesel Gala, on 28/06/2024. It is trailing Service 1J64 15:05 Rawtenstall - Irwell Vale - Ramsbottom - Summerseat - Burrs Country Park - Bury Bolton Street - Heywood. Leading is preserved British Railways - 'Warship' Class 42 - 'Onslaught' 832, which was attached at Bury Bolton Street. Built at British Railways Swindon Works in 1961, it is one of two preserved Class 42 'Warships' from an original 38 built by British Railways at Swindon. A further 33 sister locomotives (Class 43) were built by the North British Locomotive Company in Glasgow, none of these were saved for preservation. The Warships had a very short life in traffic, D832 was no exception seeing under 12 years service being withdrawn in 12/1972 and entering preservation on the 01/06/1979. Onslaught is one of the original diesel locos based at Bury in the very early days of the ELR. D832 is part of the Bury Hydraulic Group fleet. elrdiesel.info/fleet-d832.php. © Peter Steel 2024.
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Built at British Railways Swindon Works in 1961, it is one of two preserved Class 42 'Warships' from an original 38 built by British Railways at Swindon. A further 33 sister locomotives (Class 43) were built by the North British Locomotive Company in Glasgow, none of these were saved for preservation. The Warships had a very short life in traffic, D832 was no exception seeing under 12 years service being withdrawn in 12/1972 and entering preservation on the 01/06/1979. Onslaught is one of the original diesel locos based at Bury in the very early days of the ELR. D832 is part of the Bury Hydraulic Group fleet. elrdiesel.info/fleet-d832.php. It is seen here about to depart from Irwell Vale, during the East Lancashire Railway's Summer Diesel Gala, on 28/06/2024. It is leading Service 1J64 15:05 Rawtenstall - Irwell Vale - Ramsbottom - Summerseat - Burrs Country Park - Bury Bolton Street - Heywood. Trailing is preserved British Railways - Class 35 - D7076 - Hymek. © Peter Steel 2024.
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Built at British Railways Swindon Works in 1961, it is one of two preserved Class 42 'Warships' from an original 38 built by British Railways at Swindon. A further 33 sister locomotives (Class 43) were built by the North British Locomotive Company in Glasgow, none of these were saved for preservation. The Warships had a very short life in traffic, D832 was no exception seeing under 12 years service being withdrawn in 12/1972 and entering preservation on the 01/06/1979. Onslaught is one of the original diesel locos based at Bury in the very early days of the ELR. D832 is part of the Bury Hydraulic Group fleet. elrdiesel.info/fleet-d832.php. It is seen here at Rawtenstall, during the East Lancashire Railway's Summer Diesel Gala, on 28/06/2024, and after being attached at Bury Bolton Street, it had trailed Service 1J63 13:30 Heywood - Bury Bolton Street - Burrs Country Park - Summerseat - Ramsbottom - Irwell Vale - Rawtenstall. Leading was Preserved British Railways - Class 35 - D7076 - Hymek. The rolls would now be reversed with 'Onslaught' 832 leading Service 1J64 15:05 Rawtenstall - Irwell Vale - Ramsbottom - Summerseat - Burrs Country Park - Bury Bolton Street - Heywood. © Peter Steel 2024.
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Built at British Railways Swindon Works in 1961, it is one of two preserved Class 42 'Warships' from an original 38 built by British Railways at Swindon. A further 33 sister locomotives (Class 43) were built by the North British Locomotive Company in Glasgow, none of these were saved for preservation. The Warships had a very short life in traffic, D832 was no exception seeing under 12 years service being withdrawn in 12/1972 and entering preservation on the 01/06/1979. Onslaught is one of the original diesel locos based at Bury in the very early days of the ELR. D832 is part of the Bury Hydraulic Group fleet. elrdiesel.info/fleet-d832.php. It is seen here at Rawtenstall, during the East Lancashire Railway's Summer Diesel Gala, on 28/06/2024, and after being attached at Bury Bolton Street, it had trailed Service 1J63 13:30 Heywood - Bury Bolton Street - Burrs Country Park - Summerseat - Ramsbottom - Irwell Vale - Rawtenstall. Leading was Preserved British Railways - Class 35 - D7076 - Hymek. The rolls would now be reversed with 'Onslaught' 832 leading Service 1J64 15:05 Rawtenstall - Irwell Vale - Ramsbottom - Summerseat - Burrs Country Park - Bury Bolton Street - Heywood. © Peter Steel 2024.
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