Malaysian Railways class 20 diesel 20108 at Kuala Lumpur

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Caption - Malaysian Railways (KTM) class 20 metre gauge diesel 20108 "Bunga Melati" heads a freight at Kuala Lumpur in 1980. This class of 26 locos were manufactured by English Electric in 1957 and 1958 and were the first main-line diesels for the railway. Equipped with the same power units as British Railways class 31's they delivered 1500 hp. The class lasted until 1991 and one is plinthed.

Country - Malaysia   Date - 1980   General Photo - 352

Image from the Lou Johnson Collection

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