National Grid - The Class 56 Story

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Today, we examine the history of the Class 56, an extremely powerful freight locomotive built to handle the UK's vital coal traffic during the 1970s and into the 1980s, but one that was also dogged by an unfortunate reputation for unreliability, as caused when the first examples emerged from Craiova factory in Romania with a substandard build that required significant remediation work.

Despite their flaws, though, the Class 56s proved to be rugged and flexible for all manner of heavy freight work, and today many examples can still be found in revenue service across the UK, while others are upgraded with improved engines and traction equipment to become the Class 69, assuring these machine's continued use well into the 2020s.

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References:
- Class 56 Group (and their respective references)
- Kent Rail (and their respective references)
- Wikipedia (and its respective references)