Harwich Town
In the 1970s, British Rail thought it would make sense to have 30 of its new Class 56 locomotives built by Electroputere in Romania. Shown here are the recently imported 56003 and 56004 at Harwich Town in August 1976. They had arrived from Zeebrugge via the Harwich train ferry (visible left). As can be seen from this photo, the external finish was appalling. Every body panel looked dented and rippled as if each had been beaten flat manually with hammers. Internally, the quality of construction was no better. BREL spent substantial time and money bringing these locos up to standard and built the remaining 105 class members itself.
Location: Harwich Town
Original line: Eastern Union Railway
Photographer: Mark Dufton
Contact photographer: Mark Dufton
Date: 15/08/1976
Image number: 20227
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