D345 IS ONE OF A CLASS OF 2000HP DIESEL-ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVES OF WHICH 200 WERE BUILT BETWEEN 1958 AND 1962 FOR SERVICE ON BRITISH RAILWAYS. ALTHOUGH THEY PROVED THEMSELVES CAPABLE ON FREIGHT AND PASSENGER TRAINS MORE POWERFUL LOCOMOTIVES RELEGATED THEM TO SECONDARY DUTIES WITHIN A DECADE BUT THEY WERE PART OF THE BR FLEET UNTIL 1988.
