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THE YORKSHIRE ENGINE CO 0-6-0 DIESEL ELECTRIC LO52
LO52
The “Yorkie” in Buckfastleigh shed 1999Photo ©RJ Elliott 1999

Works no: 2745.
Built: 1960 at Yorkshire engine co Sheffield.
Engine: 200H.P. RollsRoyce 6 cyclinder supercharged diesel engine.
Transmission: british-thompson-heuston generator and nose suspended traction motor.
Weight (w.o.): 30 tons
N.C.B. no : LO52
Commonly known as: “the yorky” or “the yorky-bar”


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