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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:More citations needed Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Use British English Шаблон:Infobox Locomotive 11001 was one of the first British Railways diesel locomotives, built in 1949 at British Railways' Ashford railway works. It was designed by O. V. S. Bulleid when he was Chief Mechanical Engineer of the Southern Railway. It was powered by a Paxman RPH Series 1 engine, capable of delivering Шаблон:Convert at 1,250 rpm. It was driven via a Vulcan-Sinclair fluid coupling to an SSS (synchro-self-shifting) Powerflow gearbox. The gearbox provided three forward and reverse gears in either high or low range, with top speed ranging from Шаблон:Convert in 1st gear, low range up to Шаблон:Convert. It had a 0-6-0 wheel formation, driven by rods from a rear jackshaft on the final drive, and with Bulleid's favoured BFB wheels.[1]

Its main duties were on branch lines and shunting, working dwindling goods services on the Caterham line during the 1950s.Шаблон:Sfn It was allocated to Norwood Shed, but also has been photographed in Swindon.

It was withdrawn in August 1959, and scrapped at Ashford Works in December.

Oddly, the locomotive's controls were laid out as in a steam locomotive, perhaps because there were at that time few drivers with experience of driving diesel engines. There are no known photographs of the interior.

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External links

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