377-401 BR FVV Carflat Wagon BR Blue 'Motorail' No.B745042 Class-450 With the multi-part V8 engine

With the multi-part V8 engine

then the turntable must be powered from the uncontrolled DC output with an R047 Lever Switch

The design meant that these locomotives able able to reach 100mph and due to the state of the art adhesion control system they have utilised the available traction power for both power and speed

a task for which the ‘Faithfull Annie’ was particularly well suited

377-401 BR FVV Carflat Wagon BR Blue 'Motorail' No.B745042 Class-450 With the multi-part V8 engineCarflat Wagons allowed cars to be transported by rail, a practice that had started during the early twentieth century but which became more common after World War Two as more families began realising the dream of owning their own motor vehicle. Many were built from old coach underframes that had had their bodies scrapped, with the type really coming to the fore in 1966 when British Rail launched its Motorail service, providing British holidaymakers