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Harry Needle sells Class 47s - buyer of one outlines testbed plans


28/03/2025 in Fleet

47715 (left, surrounded by other stored locomotives) stands in Worksop Yard in August 2020. The ‘47’ has been purchased by Rail Engineering Solutions and will be fitted with new systems to provide demonstrations. RYAN TRANMER.

Harry Needle has sold four redundant Class 47s that had not been included in the majority of his firm’s assets acquired by Swietelsky.




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