The first of 30 diesel-electric locomotives of Class 56 ordered by BR from Brush Electrical Machines Ltd has been completed by Electroputere at Craiova in Roumania; a further 30 identical units are being built by BREL at Doncaster. All 60 will be powered by GEC's 16RK3CT engine-first application of the 16-cylinder version of rail traction-with Brush electrical equipment.
Heavy freight locos delivered to British Rail
Schwere Gueterzug-Lokomotiven fuer British Rail
Railway Gazette International ; 132 , 5 ; 188-189
1976
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