Class 26, 27 and 33 Locomotives

The 1955 British Rail Modernisation Plan identified a need for small, lightweight diesel locomotives and the Birmingham Railway Carriage & Wagon Company, based in Smethwick in the West Midlands, was awarded the contract to build the Class 26, Class 27 and Class 33 locomotives.All were built with Sulzer engines, and the Class 26 and 27 locomotives were split between the Scottish, Eastern and Midlan...