E1 at Peak Rail |
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Number built: | 1 |
Built: | 1960 |
Builder: | Hudswell Clarke |
Motor: | Gardner 8L3 diesel |
Power: | 204 hp (150 kW) |
Wheel arrangement: | 0-6-0DM |
The MSC network began to close down in the late 1960s and 1970s though the last operational section was not closed until 2009. E1 however entered preservation before that, first being preserved at Bury and in recent years at Peak Rail.
[1] Ray King, British Industrial Diesel Locomotives (Traction & Rolling Stock Advertiser, 2006) p. 26