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== D8059 in service ==
 
== D8059 in service ==
D8059 was built by Robert Stephenson & Hawthorn Ltd as Works No 2965/8217 of 1961.  It was allocated to Sheffield Darnall (which later became Tinsley), entering service in May 1961.   and remaining there until withdrawal from service in January 1990. The locomotive was renumbered to 20059 on 1 January 1973 under TOPS.<ref>[http://www.brdatabase.info/locoqry.php?action=locodata&type=D&id=8059&loco=8059 BRDatabase website]</ref>
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D8059 was built by Robert Stephenson & Hawthorn Ltd as Works No 2965/8217 of 1961.  It was allocated to Sheffield Darnall on entering service in May 1961. In 1964 the loco was transferred to the newly-opened Tinsley Depot  and remained there until withdrawal from service in January 1990. The locomotive was renumbered to 20059 on 1 January 1973 under TOPS.<ref>[http://www.brdatabase.info/locoqry.php?action=locodata&type=D&id=8059&loco=8059 BRDatabase website]</ref>
  
 
== 8059 in preservation ==
 
== 8059 in preservation ==

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D8059 (Wikimedia Commons)

D8059 is a BRBritish Rail or British Railways Class 20 Bo-Bo diesel-electric locomotive, otherwise known as an English Electric Type 1The British Railways classification for diesel locomotives of up to 1000 bhp. 228 of these locomotives were built between 1957 and 1968. Weighing 73 tonnes and delivering 1,000 horsepower, they were designed to work light mixed freight traffic at up to 75 mph. Members of the class are nicknamed “Choppers” because of the distinctive engine beat under load which resembles the sound of a helicopter.

D8059 in service

D8059 was built by Robert Stephenson & Hawthorn Ltd as Works No 2965/8217 of 1961. It was allocated to Sheffield Darnall on entering service in May 1961. In 1964 the loco was transferred to the newly-opened Tinsley Depot and remained there until withdrawal from service in January 1990. The locomotive was renumbered to 20059 on 1 January 1973 under TOPSTotal Operations Processing System, an American computer system adopted by BR from the late 1960s to number and manage rolling stock..[1]

8059 in preservation

D8059 is owned by the Somerset & Dorset Loco Company, and as of May 2015 is operational.[2]

Links

  1. BRDatabase website
  2. SVR "Meet The Loco" web page

See Also

Diesel Locomotives