Finished diesel loco for export in main assembly hall, Darlington, 1959.

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English Electric, and their subsidiary Stephenson and Hawthorne at Darlington made numerous diesel locomotives during the late 1950s for export but also as part of British Railﾒs m assive modernisation programme when fleets of steam engines were being replaced nationwide. Photographed by Walter Nurnberg who transformed industrial photography after WWII using film studio lighting techniques. Show more