| Class DE2 Number 1200 |
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| Drawn by & copyright: Sue Lawrence |
| 1200 crossing with Class 15 Garratt #360. Coldridge. April 1973 Photo. Geoff Cooke |
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| Built: English Electric. Builders number: 2231 of 1955 To Museum: 1984 |
| In the Museum in 1984 Photo. Sue Lawrence |
| In the Museum with the Booth Bros. Crane June 1991 Photo. P Ostle. |
| In the Mutare Mechanical Workshops with #1225. April 2005 Photos. G Cooke |
| In late 2004 the NRZ management considered returning number 1200 to operation, for use as the workshop pilot in Bulawayo. # 1200 and sister #1225 were taken to Mutare, where the DE2 fleet was traditionally overhauled. The project has not materialised due to the improved availability of more modern locomotives. |
| An unidentified DE2 in the second (green and white) colours Salisbury station, date unknown |
| Model of a DE2 locomotive on display at the National Railway Museum, York, England. Photo: Alex Morais |
Rhodesia Railways class DE2 were built in
the 1950s.
The first DE2, number 1200, entered service
on 22 June 1955. Two batches were built by
English 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.
the 1950s.
The first DE2, number 1200, entered service
on 22 June 1955. Two batches were built by
English 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.
| These four photographs of DE2 locmotives in their various colour schemes were all taken by Richard Clatworthy. |