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HS4000 Kestrel
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named Kestrel, was a prototype high-powered mainline diesel locomotive
built in 1967 by Brush Traction, Loughborough as a technology demonstrator
for potential future British Rail and export orders. The locomotive number
is a combination of the initials of the owner of Brush Hawker Siddeley and
the power rating of its Sulzer diesel engine (4000 HP).
The locomotive was sold to the Soviet Union in 1971 for £127,000, being shipped from Cardiff Docks to Leningrad docks by the MV Krasnokamsk in July 1971. On arrival in Russia, Kestrel was exhibited at the Moscow Rolling Stock Exhibition and then was moved to the All-Union Rail Transport Scientific Research Institute at Shcherbinka where it was re-gauged to 1,520 mm and tested on a circular test railway as well as being used on some parts of the Russian rail network. After testing of the locomotive the engine was removed for static testing, and the locomotive body ballasted for use in high load tests of other vehicles. The remains of the vehicle are believed to have been scrapped in 1993. |
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At Derby Loco Works open day 1968 | |
HS4000 visited Marylebone on January 29th 1968 for a ceremonial handing over from the manufacturers to British Rail for tests. (Photographer unknown) |
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The
same train at Princes Risborough
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On
test in Russia
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The
end
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