- Rhodesia Railways class DE2
Infobox Locomotive
name=Rhodesia Railways class DE2
powertype=Diesel
railroad=Rhodesia Railways
railroadclass=DE2
firstrundate=June 22 1955
builder=English Electric
roadnumber=1200 – 1234
disposition=most scrapped, two are preservedRhodesia Railways class DE2 are a type of
diesel locomotive built for operations onRhodesia Railways in the 1950s.The first DE2, number 1200, entered service on
22 June 1955 . Two batches were built byEnglish Electric : numbers 1200 to 1222 by the Dick Kerr Works in Preston, and 1223-1234 by the Vulcan Foundry works, Newton-le-Willows in 1958. The power plant originally fitted was the EE 16SVT, but 8 were later fitted with ex-BR Class 40 V16 engines.Class leader 1200 is now preserved in the
Bulawayo Railway Museum , and 1207 atSandstone Heritage Trust inSouth Africa .
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