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Class AL4 design built by General Electric/ North British Locomotive
Company. By far the least successful of the prototypes and by 1967 all
of the class had been placed in store pending modifications. The class
continued to be troublesome, even after remedial work, and in 1976 it
was decided that a cost limit was to be set for repairs sealing the
fate for these machines. By 1978, six of the class had been withdrawn;
the rest lasted for a further two years. The Research Centre at Derby
claimed two (84 003/9) for use as mobile load banks, and a further two
(84 002/10) were returned to GEC for experiments after which they were
broken up. One machine (84 001) was saved for the National Collection
and can be seen today at the National
Railway Museum, York.
Numbers: 84 001 - 84 010 Previous No. Series: E3036 - E3045 The Class 84 Fleet - Click Here
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