The British Rail Class 25 – Britain’s Unsung Diesel Workhorse 🚆 Built between 1961 and 1967, the British Rail Class 25, also known as the Sulzer Type 2, became one of the most important diesel locomotives of the British Rail era. Reliable, versatile, and found almost everywhere, these locos handled everything from heavy freight to passenger services — including the famous summer Saturday holiday trains to Aberystwyth. Often overshadowed by larger and more glamorous classes, the Class 25 quietly

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🚆 SULZER ARRIVES AT STAVERTON 🚆 25262, a British Rail Class 25 Sulzer locomotive, arrives at Staverton Station on the South Devon Railway. The loco was travelling from Buckfastleigh to Totnes during the railway's recent Diesel Gala, carrying the headboard "The Ratcatcher". A total of 327 Sulzer Type 2 locos were built at Darlington, Derby and Manchester between 1961 and 1967. Primarily designed for freight, they also hauled passenger services and were nicknamed "Rats" due to the sense they cou