Pandora Posted August 4, 2016 Share Posted August 4, 2016 Immediately post WW2 the LNER pre-war plans for dieselisation of the ECML by 25 large express passenger diesels were not simply shelved, they were abandoned by the newly nationalised British Railways This may be gleaned from Michael Bonavia " British Rail , the first 25 years " Bonavia was assistant to Miles Beevor Acting Chief General Manager and in a position to know about such matters This may be the earliest reference to a class of locomotive to act as a special purpose fleet such as the Deltics. I need to head off to Kew National Archives and try and look up some LNER board minutes. Can anyone shed such light upon the express diesels the LNER had in mind for the ECML? I envisage 1600 to 2000 bhp versions of the LMS 10000 or Southern 10203 locos, possibly based on the body style of the Woodhead EM2 locomotives Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
laurenceb Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 If memory serves they were ordered from GM. There was a bit in Trains magazine about it at the time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted September 6, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 6, 2016 If memory serves they were ordered from GM. There was a bit in Trains magazine about it at the time. That would explain why the idea was dropped, the nation just didn't have the $'s for American locomotives. An interesting prospect though, F7's on the ECML wearing LNER livery. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete_mcfarlane Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 I thought it got dropped in favour of 1500v DC electrification from Kings Cross to Grantham (using EM2s). Which also got dropped. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted September 6, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 6, 2016 I'm sure I've read somewhere that these were single cabbed English Electric powered loco's using the 16 CVT engine, if they were LNER styled it would be logical that the EM1/2 cabs would be used Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roadrails Posted April 12, 2020 Share Posted April 12, 2020 The LNER obtained tenders from EE, BRCW and I think Metrovick, it is in the archives. The EE were based on the Egypt locos, but no orders were ever placed.Instead an order for 27 EM2 was placed and the Proposed ECML to York (and Retford-Sheffield )Electricfication would have been awesome. A fe bridges were worked on for this, Holgate Bridge in York lowered and footbridge raised at Worksop, but no serious work. This was shelved by the LMS dominated BR Board, but was really a better idea than dieselisation 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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