VA14701 Triumph TR6 Magenta Star Wars Almost immediately a further 200

Almost immediately a further 200 locomotives were ordered

Color: White

by the time the last examples were entering service they were already being replaced on some top-link duties by more powerful locomotives

● 5 pole motor with twin flywheel and low ratio gearbox for prototypical running speeds typical of the class

VA14701 Triumph TR6 Magenta Star Wars Almost immediately a further 200Triumph TR6 Magenta Triumph gradually updated their TR range throughout the 1960s adding independent rear suspension to create the TR4A in 1965, then slotting in a smooth 6 cylinder engine to produce the TR5 in 1967. By then, however, the attractive Michelotti styled body looked dated so German coachbuilders Karmann were tasked with modernising it. The resultant more muscular 1969 TR6, which featured new panels front and rear but retained the TR5 base