Best of the Class 50s
Railways • 1h 2m
Built by English Electric at their Vulcan Foundry in Newton-Le-Willows, Class 50 represents the last mixed traffic diesel type to be built for British Rail and, at the end of its career, it was one of only three classes of diesel capable of 100mph duties. From British Pathé TV's Railway Collection.
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