English Electric Growl 

Locomotives: 1851 

1851 

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The initial locomotive of the Ghana Railway and Ports Authority order for 16 locomotives, 1851, is seen at the Vulcan Foundry during 1969 prior to road transfer to Liverpool for onward movement by boat to Africa.

Missing Details
Date to be confirmed

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Scrapped
Last Number Carried
1851
Scrapped by
Ghana Railway & Ports Authority
Scrapped at
Date Scrapped
September 1992
Works Number
3850/D1269
Constructed At
English Electric - AEI Traction, Vulcan Foundry, Newton-le-Willows, Merseyside
Built for
Ghana Railway & Ports Authority
Date Accepted
September 1969
Classified as
1851 Class
Number Carried
1851
Livery Carried
Ghana Railways & Ports Cream/Green
Depot Allocation
XX, Unknown
Numberings
Date Number Notes
New 1851  

 

Classifications
Date Class Notes
New 1851 Class  

This locomotive has not carried a name, Official or Unofficial.

Depot Allocation List
Date Code Depot Notes
New XX
Depot identification not known
25/10/1970 65A
Eastfield (Glasgow)
 
Date Livery
Sep '69
Ghana Railways & Ports Cream/Green
Jul '76
Ghana Railways Maroon/Yellow

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