"New high-powered Type 4 diesel-electric locomotives, 2750 h.p. Co-Co wheel arrangement, incorporating Silzer 12LDA 28-C diesel engine have been designed by Brush Electrical Engineering Company Limited to the requirements of the Chief Mechanical and Chief Electrical Engineers of the British Transport Commission" states this March 1963 advert. The image shows the first built, D1500, new in September 1962, and an exploded diagram showing the equipment inside. The Company name given is the "Brush Traction Division" of Brush Electrical Engineering Company Limited, a company that was a member of the Hawker Siddeley Group.
This advert appears in the following categories: Traction: Class 47 ; Builder: Brush