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Steve's Page on British Rail Diesels - The "Hoover" (class 50) (1133 words) |
 | All 50 of the locomotives in the class entered service in BR blue and yellow livery and while the numbering changed with the introduction of TOPS and the position and size of the BR arrow symbol has varied their appearance changed little over the years prior to the first livery change in 1980. |
| This class of locomotive was the first to be leased from the manufacturing company rather than being purchased outright by British Rail but ten years later when the lease expired the locomotives were purchase by BR (for use on the Western Region) rather than renewing the lease. |
| The original intention was to class "Warships" as the names given to each of the locomotives were those of famous warships but it was still too soon after the demise of the class 42/3 Warships and the reuse of that name was not acceptable to the public. |
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