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the 59 class being a very small fleet on dedicated traffic flows makes it easier to maintain and plan maintenance than a fleet of 100 class 60 loco's dispersed allover the BR system on varied types of traffic and the need to keep them in traffic for as long as possible each day.As regards overheating of "Governors" this was caused primarily by the inner doors between the engine and "clean air compartment" having the habit of being "sucked" open whilst working the loco hard.Although I know liitle about class 59s but drove class 60s from their introduction through to my retirement as a Driver at Saltley,I can only say that they were a superb loco to work with and until the last couple of years that I worked on them I had very little trouble in the way of failures.
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