PKP class Lyd2

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name = Lyd2
powertype = Diesel


caption = Lyd2 in Narrow Gauge Railway Museum in Wenecja
builder = 23 August Locomotive Works, Bucharest
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builddate = 1976 - 1982
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The Lyd2 is a diesel hydraulic locomitive built in Romania for use in Poland, Romania and Egypt. Three of the class are now owned by the Welsh Highland Railway Porthmadog.

Deployment and usage

Outside Poland

Germany

The Zittauer Schmalspurbahn has an Lyd2, numbered 199 013.

t. Kitts

St. Kitts Scenic Railway own three of the class [ [http://translate.google.com/translate?u=www.interlok.info%2FLyd2.htm&langpair=de%7Cen&hl=en&ie=UTF8 Lyd2 Locomotives in St. Kitts] ]

United Kingdom

The Welsh Highland Railway (Porthmadog) owns numbers 58, 60 and 69. [ [http://www.whr.co.uk/stock/eryri Welsh Highland Railway Porthmadog: Stock List] ]

References

External links

* [http://www.cleeve.com/lyd2/ The Lyd2 Page]
* [http://www.whr.co.uk/stock/eryri The Welsh Highland Railway's Lyd2s]
* [http://www.railfaneurope.net/list/germany/germany_soeg.html Railfaneurope's stock list for the Zittauer Schmalspurbahn.]