British Rail Class 52
British Rail (BR) assigned Class 52 to the class of 74 large Type 4 diesel-hydraulic locomotives built for the Western Region of British Railways between 1961 and 1964. All were given two-word names, the first word being Western; thus the type became known as Westerns.
Read more about British Rail Class 52: Historical Context, The Western, Competition and Comfort, Performance, Names and Numbers, Liveries, Incidents
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