David Hills
Gerald Anthony
Author
Mike Priestley
Alan Hoggett
Alan Hoggett
Alan Hoggett
Baby Deltic Class 23 D5901
| The British Rail Class 23 were a class of ten Bo-Bo
diesel-electric locomotives built by the English Electric Company (EE) in 1959.
The power unit used was a Napier Deltic T9-29 9-cylinder engine of 1,100 bhp
(820 kW) driving an EE generator, which powered the four traction motors. They
were numbered from D5900 to D5909. D5909 was the only locomotive to receive the full "rail blue" livery. D5901 was transferred to the departmental fleet of the Railway Technical Centre in 1969. It worked test trains to and from the RTC until 1975, when it was replaced by a Class 24. The loco was cut up in 1977, still carrying two-tone green livery with a grey roof and small yellow warning panel. |
Photos as credited
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The loco is pictured with the
Trib train on the Goods Road at the back of Derby station
David Hills |
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The Baby Deltic near Etwall on
the Mickleover test track in 1970 Gerald Anthony |
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At Leicester 1972 Author |
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D5901 on the Goods Road at the
back of Derby station
on 26th October 1973 Mike Priestley |
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At Lincoln West in summer 1975
with the Trib Train Alan Hoggett |
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At Lincoln West in summer 1975
with the Trib Train Alan Hoggett |
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At Lincoln West in summer 1975
with the Trib Train including Lab 11 Alan Hoggett |