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DP2 (other)
DP2 may refer to: * British Rail DP2 a test locomotive built by English Electric * Sigma DP2, a photographic camera * Prostaglandin DP2 receptor * ''Dance Praise 2: The ReMix'', a 2007 video game * ''Deadly Premonition 2: A Blessing in Disguise'', a 2020 video game * ''Deadpool 2'', a 2018 film See also * * DP (other) * DPP (other) {{Letter-NumberCombDisambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Rail DP2
DP2, meaning Development Prototype number 2, was a prototype List of British Rail power classifications#Type 4, Type 4 mainline diesel locomotive, built by English Electric in 1962. The engine and electronic systems trialled in DP2 formed the basis for the later , for which it was effectively the prototype. Externally DP2 was visually similar to a British Rail Class 55, Class 55 "Deltic" locomotive, as it used a modified Deltic bodyshell, but internally it had a single engine of a different type to the twin-engined Deltics. DP2 was used firstly in trials, and then in ordinary service until 1967, when it was wrecked in a 1967 Thirsk rail crash, serious accident at Thirsk. History Design The locomotive was built in 1962 by English Electric at their Vulcan Foundry in Newton-le-Willows to demonstrate its wares to British Railways. As the British Rail Class 55, Deltics were then in production, it was decided to produce the locomotive on the same production line; the bodyshell used ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |