National Railway Museum, York, 2012: Modern traction
37 photos, most taken in 2010 - 2012, of diesel and electric locos and multiple-units, shown in order of building. Some exhibits are part of the national railway collection but have subsequently left York.
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Deltic, NRM, 28 May 2004
Deltic Prototype, National Railway Museum, York, 28 May 2004. Built in 1955 by English Electric as a speculative venture. It used two modified 1650hp Napier Deltic marine engines, and when built was the most powerful diesel loco in the world. It ran as a demonstrator until 1961, but BR ordered only 22 production versions of this impressive but complex machine.
![13079 [D3079, 08064], National Railway Museum, York, Sat 27 March 2010. Built by BR at Darlington in 1953, and withdrawn in 1984. One of 1,193 class 08 350hp 0-6-0 diesel-electric shunters. A very long lived design with a number still at work in 2012.](https://photos.smugmug.com/BritishheritagerailwaysI/National-Railway-Museum-Modern/i-CX4nxL7/0/9543545f/Ti/1953_2010-03-27_0640nc8iw-Ti.jpg)
![Southern Region 2-HAP EMU [41]4308, National Railway Museum, York, Sat 27 March 2010. 73 of these outer suburban EMUs were built at Eastleigh from 1957.](https://photos.smugmug.com/BritishheritagerailwaysI/National-Railway-Museum-Modern/i-PqXRXLK/0/2244763a/Ti/1957_2010-03-27_0647nc8iw-Ti.jpg)
