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Locos Of The Line: SR 'Schools' Class - 30925 'Cheltenham'

🚆 SULZER ARRIVES AT STAVERTON 🚆 25262, a British Rail Class 25 Sulzer locomotive, arrives at Staverton Station on the South Devon Railway. The loco was travelling from Buckfastleigh to Totnes during the railway's recent Diesel Gala, carrying the headboard "The Ratcatcher". A total of 327 Sulzer Type 2 locos were built at Darlington, Derby and Manchester between 1961 and 1967. Primarily designed for freight, they also hauled passenger services and were nicknamed "Rats" due to the sense they cou

🚂 British Rail Class 60 – The Last of the Heavy Haulers 🚂 Introduced between 1989 and 1993, the British Rail Class 60 represents the final generation of heavy freight locomotives built for British Rail. Designed and constructed by Brush Traction at Loughborough, these powerful machines were created to handle the heaviest bulk freight duties—hauling everything from steel and oil to aggregates across the UK’s rail network. Each Class 60 is powered by a miracle of British engineering – the Mirrle