DP2 1962-05 near Sutton Weaver
Sutton Weaver is on the route from Weaver Junction to Runcorn and was where a Down Goods loop commenced. In this rare shot, English Electric Works Number 320, the prototype No. DP2, was photographed on a test run from the Vulcan Foundry in May 1962. It was built against a British Railways specification for a Type �4� locomotive with higher power and lower weight than the BR Sulzer and English Electric Type �4�s, but it did not appear until after BR had ordered twenty Brush Type �4�s which quickly became the new standard Type �4�. No. DP2 ran on the London Midland Region for just over a year before it was moved to the Eastern Region in July 1963.