Class 20
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Class 20's are an English Electric locomotive built between 1957 and 1968. Currently the only company operating mainline class 20's in Scotland is DRS.
DRS use their class 20's on nuclear flask trains from Carlisle to Hunterston and Torness. These are often either worked by pairs of class 20s, with the class 20s' nose to nose, or with a class 37. However their visits to Scotland are few and far between.
The Bo'ness & Kinneil Railway has a class 20, 20020 (previously D8020), which sees regular use on the railway either on the last departure of the day from Bo'ness or on diesel days.
DRS
| Number | Livery | Pool | Name | Status |
| 20301 | DZ | XHSS | Max Joule 1958 -1999 | Active |
| 20302 | DR | XHSS | Active | |
| 20303 | DR | XHSS | Active | |
| 20304 | DR | XHSS | Active | |
| 20305 | DR | XHSS | Active | |
| 20306 | DR | XHSS | Stored at Barrow Hill | |
| 20307 | DR | XHSS | Stored serviceable at Carnforth | |
| 20308 | DZ | XHSS | Active | |
| 20309 | DZ | XHSS | Active | |
| 20310 | DR | XHSS | Stored serviceable at Carnforth | |
| 20311 | DR | XHSS | Class 20 'Fifty' | Stored serviceable at Carnforth |
| 20312 | DZ | XHSS | Stored serviceable at Carnforth | |
| 20313 | DR | XHSS | Stored serviceable at Carnforth | |
| 20314 | DZ | XHSS | Stored serviceable at Carnforth | |
| 20315 | DR | XHSS | Stored serviceable at Crewe Grestly Bridge |
DRS use their class 20's on nuclear flask trains from Carlisle to Hunterston and Torness. These are often either worked by pairs of class 20s, with the class 20s' nose to nose, or with a class 37. However their visits to Scotland are few and far between.
Bo'ness & Kinneil Railway
The Bo'ness & Kinneil Railway has a class 20, 20020 (previously D8020), which sees regular use on the railway either on the last departure of the day from Bo'ness or on diesel days.