The 'Claytons' were originally conceived as the British Railways
"standard" Type 1 diesel-electric locomotive, superseding other
Type 1 classes delivered as part of the 'Pilot Scheme' fleet. The
early classes suffered from poor driver visibility, and the plan
from 1962 was for subsequent trip-freight and local yard shunting
locomotives to be centre-cab machines with low bonnets to
dramatically improve visibility. To this extent the Claytons were
highly successful and popular with operating crews. However, the
largely untested high-speed, flat Paxman engines proved to be
highly problematical, resulting in deliveries being curtailed after
117 locomotives. Further requirements for Type 1 locomotives after
1965 were met by reverting to one of the original 'Pilot' designs!
Deteriorating traffic levels ultimately led to the Claytons being
withdrawn from BR service by December 1971. Considerable amounts of
archive material have been unearthed to enable the issues
surrounding the rise and fall of the 'Standard Type 1' locomotives
to be fully explored. Further sources provide insights into the
effort and money expended on the Claytons in a desperate attempt to
improve their reliability. Individual locomotive record cards,
together with personal sighting information, allow histories of
each class member to be developed including allocations, works
visits, liveries and disposal details. Supported by over 280
photographs and diagrams, dramatic new insights into this troubled
class have been assembled for both historians and modellers alike.
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