D8568
The first ever visit of a Class 17 Clayton to the South Devon Railway, as we see the now unique D8568 as she works a series of 'Driver Experience Courses' on the former Ashburton line on 15th October 2017. Certainly the furthest west a Clayton has come, it would be interesting to know how far south they came in BR days! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mgqEIcDcD0
PART 2! The sole surviving Class 17 Clayton D8568 is seen in action on the South Devon Railway during a 'Driver Experience Course' on 15th October 2017. The Class 17s were intended as BR's Standard Type 1 design, and were fitted with two 6 cylinder 450hp Paxman 6ZHXL engines, but they were such a ill-fated and unreliable design that BR subsequently adopted the English Electric Type 1 (Class 20) as the standard Type 1 design. Introduced in September 1962, the class only survived 9 years in BR traffic, with all being withdrawn by 1971. Always a Scottish Region locomotive, D8568 was new to Millerhill (64B) in January 1964 and withdrawn from Polmadie (66A) in October 1971, spending just 7 years in BR service. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bv-NJx0oy7E
The sole surviving Class 17 Clayton D8568 is seen in action at the Severn Valley Railway during the 2017 Severn Valley Railway Diesel Gala over 18th - 20th May 2017. The Class 17s were intended as BR's Standard Type 1 design, and were fitted with two 6 cylinder 450hp Paxman 6ZHXL engines, but they were such a ill-fated and unreliable design that BR subsequently adopted the English Electric Type 1 (Class 20) as the standard Type 1 design. Introduced in September 1962, the class only survived 9 years in BR traffic, with all being withdrawn by 1971. Always a Scottish Region locomotive, D8568 was new to Millerhill (64B) in January 1964 and withdrawn from Polmadie (66A) in October 1971, spending just 7 years in BR service.