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		arethuza on July 10, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: For 40 Years, Crashing Trains Was One of America’s... Looks like an old Deltic - so about 2.4MW max: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_Class_55 NB The Deltic engines were pretty interesting: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napier_Deltic

theoh on July 10, 2019 [–]

No, as the voiceover says, it was a much less powerful Class 46 (46009).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_Class_46

arethuza on July 10, 2019 | [–]

My mistake - in the office so didn't have the audio on!

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