Class 20

Where you can drive it

Comes with

• West Coast Main Line: Crewe - Preston

With another DLC

Own the route and one of the DLCs named after it, and you can drive it there.

• Airedale & Wharfedale Network: Leeds & Bradford - Skipton & Ilkley: with West Coast Main Line: Crewe - Preston
• Blackpool Branches: Preston - Blackpool & Ormskirk: with BR Class 20 'Chopper'
• Cardiff City Network: Radur & Coryton to Penarth & Bae Caerdydd: with BR Class 20 'Chopper'
• Cathcart Circle Line: Glasgow - Newton & Neilston: with BR Class 20 'Chopper'
• East Coast Main Line: Peterborough - Doncaster: with BR Class 20 'Chopper'
• East Coastway: Brighton - Eastbourne & Seaford: with BR Class 20 'Chopper'
• Glossop Line: Manchester - Hadfield & Glossop: with BR Class 20 'Chopper'
• London Overground Suffragette line: Gospel Oak - Barking Riverside: with BR Class 20 'Chopper'
• Midland Main Line: Leicester - Derby & Nottingham: with Cargo Line Vol. 5: Nuclear
• Riviera Line: Exeter - Plymouth & Paignton: with Cargo Line Vol. 5: Nuclear or BR Class 20 'Chopper'
• Southeastern Highspeed: London St Pancras – Ashford Intl & Faversham: with BR Class 20 'Chopper'
• Tees Valley Line: Darlington – Saltburn-by-the-Sea: with BR Class 20 'Chopper'
• WCML: Preston - Carlisle: with Cargo Line Vol. 5: Nuclear or BR Class 20 'Chopper'
• West Coast Main Line: London Euston - Milton Keynes: with Cargo Line Vol. 5: Nuclear
• West Somerset Railway: with BR Class 20 'Chopper'

In the game

Names in Dovetail's lists: Class 20, Class 20/3, BR Class 20, Class 20 RF.

In these DLCs: West Coast Main Line: Crewe - Preston, BR Class 20 'Chopper', Cargo Line Vol. 5: Nuclear.

From Dovetail's store page

• BR Class 20 diesel locomotive in BR Railfreight livery
• BR Class 20/3 locomotive in Oxford blue livery, with retrofitted additions such as;

The real thing

The English Electric Type 1, a small diesel-electric locomotive. 228 were built between 1957 and 1968, and the original numbers ran from D8000. Enthusiasts call them "Choppers".

• Built by: English Electric at Vulcan Foundry and Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns (Wikipedia)
• Built: 1957–1962, 1965–1968 (Wikipedia)
• Number built: 228 (Wikipedia)
• Operators: British Railways, Railfreight, Eurostar, Direct Rail Services, HNRC, Balfour Beatty (Wikipedia)
• Top speed: 75 mph (121 km/h) (Wikipedia)
• Power: Engine: 1000 hp (746 kW) (Wikipedia)
• Wheel arrangement: Bo′Bo′ (Wikipedia)
• Power type: Diesel-electric (Wikipedia)

Photo: Tutenkhamun Sleeping, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

From the English Wikipedia article British Rail Class 20 and Wikidata.