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How the Class 57 continues to play a prominent role in today's railway

A close-up of the Dellner coupling arrangement on 57304 at Crewe Gresty Bridge. JO CLOUGH.

David Clough explains how the Class 57s came into being, and reviews their continuing relevance to today’s railway.

When diesel motive power was divided between operators in the lead-up to railway privatisation, Freightliner received an allocation of 125 Class 47s, of which seven were stored and four withdrawn.




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