Production Diesel-electric Locomotives
It was 2 years before another diesel locomotive was built but during this time the diesel-electric design was refined and YEC were soon marketing 4 designs all based on engines and electrical equipment similar to the first diesel locomotives.
- DE1 – 0-4-0, 240 hp, 37 tons, 25 mph
- DE2 – 0-4-0, 275 hp, 45 tons, 22 mph
- DE3 – 0-4-0, 400 hp, 50 tons, 25 mph
- DE4 – 0-6-0, 400 hp, 51 tons, 27 mph
(not every locomotive was built to these exact details)
The DE2 design was popular with steelworks and continued to be built until 1965. Small numbers of the DE1 and DE4 were built but were superseded in 1955 and 1956 by new designs. No locomotives were built to the DE3 design, probably because they were too big and heavy for use on normal railway work.
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