page_title: British Rail Class 24
hierarchical_section_title: British Rail Class 24
caption_attribution_description: English: 2404? trundles light engine through Walsall on 26/08/75, much to my excitement on the first day of my first ever Midland Railtourer ticket. I've not cropped this somewhat unbalanced image as I've no others showing the South Staffordshire Railway's handsome station buildings at Walsall. Scanned from a Boots Colourslide II transparency taken with an old Halina compact camera.
context_page_description: The British Railways Class 24 diesel locomotives, also known as the Sulzer Type 2, were built from 1958 to 1961. One hundred and fifty-one were built at Derby, Crewe and Darlington, the first twenty of them as part of the British Railways 1955 Modernisation Plan. This class was used as the basis for the development of the class 25 locomotives.
  The final survivor, no. 24081, was withdrawn from Crewe depot in 1980.
context_section_description: The British Railways Class 24 diesel locomotives, also known as the Sulzer Type 2, were built from 1958 to 1961. One hundred and fifty-one were built at Derby, Crewe and Darlington, the first twenty of them as part of the British Railways 1955 Modernisation Plan. This class was used as the basis for the development of the class 25 locomotives.
  The final survivor, no. 24081, was withdrawn from Crewe depot in 1980.
caption: An unidentified Class 24 in BR blue at Walsall in August 1975.
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