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Detail of a Class 127 DMU

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Detail of a Class 127 DMU

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During investigation of excessive wear in the torque convertors of the Class 127 units, M51622 was fitted with test equipment which caused the cardan shaft to break up, rupture the fuel tank and catch fire near Napsbury on 9 February 1966.

These are the cardan shaft pieces that were recovered. The caption on the image (Derby Works negative 66/177) reading "Portions of fractured cardan shaft (No.2) from railcar M.51622".

Class 127
Unknown

British Railways
343

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