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| navigate by keyword : 1952 are attention became britain changed class considerably diesel exported familiar fixed freight generalpurpose has heritage industrial introduction large locomotive mainline major mostly multiple nature neither now passenger proportion rail requiring scrapped shunter shunting sight sold standard stations stored traffic trailers trains use wagons withdrawn yards |
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| BR. As the standard BR general-purpose diesel shunter, the class became a familiar sight at major stations and freight yards. Since their introduction in 1952, however, the nature of rail traffic in Britain has changed considerably. Freight trains are now mostly fixed rakes of wagons, and passenger trains are mostly multiple units or have Driving Van Trailers, neither requiring the attention of a shunting locomotive. Consequently, a large proportion of the class has been withdrawn from mainline use and stored, scrapped, exported or sold to industrial or heritage railways. |
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