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Originally Posted by 62440
Inwr20. The Warships were based on the German V200's I believe. The diesel-hydraulics were just non standard to the rest of the B.R. fleet, all the other regions opted for electric transmission while the erstwhile G.W.R. went on it's own merry way and no-one at the top tried to stop it. The least reliable of the hydraulics seemed to be those built by North British; the class 41's, 43's, and 22's.
Cheers,62440
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I agree with you the early North British were crap also the 600s
But the 800s and 1000s were good locos they gave very good service.
We had the type 22s at St Blazey fased out in early 70s and replaced by Rats.
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