The Western Locomotive Association was founded in 1973 to celebrate and preserve British Rail’s Class 52 “Western” diesel-hydraulic locomotives. The WLA are the current owners and operators of D1013 Western Ranger and D1062 Western Courier, based on the Severn Valley Railway, which runs from ...
Every D1000 locomotive was named ‘Western…’ and a single word such as ‘Champion’, and so they were known as the “Western” class. Under TOPS, the D1000s became the BR Class 52, but were never renumbered as such before withdrawal.For Train Simulator, the Western Hydraulic Pack ...
This changed during the 1960's when the C&O acquired the Baltimore & Ohio, which owned nearby Grand Central Station and Chessie moved operations to that facility. Diesel RosterDuring the steam era it operated nearly 100 locomotives with the largest power being 2-10-2 Santa Fe's (it owned...
Diesel RosterWhen the Chicago, Missouri & Western began operations it decided to adorn its locomotives in a striking maroon livery with a darker maroon stripe running the carbody's length. Its logo hearkened back to the Chicago, Aurora & Elgin's emblem with "Chicago, Missouri & Western" ...
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The Western Locomotive Association was founded in 1973 to celebrate and preserve British Rail’s Class 52 “Western” diesel-hydraulic locomotives. The WLA are the current owners and operators of D1013 Western Ranger and D1062 Western Courier, based on the Severn Valley Railway, which runs from...