Description

The English Electric Type 1, otherwise known as the class 20, was built by English Electric between 1957 and 1968, with a total of 228 built.

In this programme we look at the history of the class, including the services they worked and also who are still using them in 2024.
Featuring –
Early 1960s archive footage of the 20s in BR Green around Scotland and in the Midlands.

Coal & Stone traffic from around the UK in the 1990s.

Speedlink & Steel flows in the 1990s.

Hunslet Barclay class 20/9s.

DRS Class 20/3s on Nuclear & RHTT traffic.

A look at preserved class 20s on several Heritage railways.

Class 20189 Limited fleet.

Harry Needle railroad company’s fleet on stock moves and on hire at Breedons Hope cement works.

Balfour Beatty class 20/9s.