British Railways Class 43






North British, British Railways Class 43 B-B DH
Introduced in 1960 there were 33 diesel hydraulic locomotives built to this design for the Western Region by the North British Locomotive Co.
These 2200hp. Locomotives had 2 x NBL/MAN L12V18/21BS diesel engines and Voith hydraulic transmission.
All were allocated to Plymouth and the locomotives could be found working West Country express trains out of Paddington.
Being non standard the locomotives were early withdrawals all going by October 1971.

BR Number series D833- D864
None have been preserved.


The class 43 ‘Warship’ sounds are generic as there are none in preservation.

The sounds are enhanced with archived sounds.



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Decoders come with a sugar cube speaker kit as standard, alternate speakers HERE


Class 43 Warship


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