Also well travelled, the class 50’s saw work on many of the NSE loco hauled routes, including Paddington-Banbury and Waterloo-Exeter. However, the ‘hovers’ suffered reliability problems, and were withdrawn in the early 90’s. Due to their early withdrawl, the technical specification shows a fleet size of 2, but other 'Hoovers', withdrawn previously, are listed below:
The following 50s were in use with NSE at the start of 1992:
50007/29/30/3/46/50. Nos 50029/30/46 were withdrawn during that year.
In 1987, NSE owned:
50001/2/10/3/7/8/9/21-6/30-40/4-6/8/50.

Technical Specification:
Business Owned by - Charter
Size of Fleet -3
Numbered Series - 50007-50
Primary Depot - Laira
Engine - English Electric 16CSVT, 2700hp
Weight - 117t
Wheel Arrangment- Co-Co
Greatest Speed - 100mph

Class 50. Picture: Dylan Littlewood

We now move onto the class 73...
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