Beyer Peacock; styling by Wilkes & Ashmore

Biography

'Beyer Peacock; styling by Wilkes & Ashmore' is used for the partnership between Beyer, Peacock & Co. and the London-based industrial designers Wilkes & Ashmore for the BR Class 35 'Hymek' diesel-hydraulic locomotive of 1961. The Class 35's clean modernist styling, with squared-off cab pillars, sloped front and bright Brunswick green livery, was one of the most distinctive British diesel locomotive appearances of its era.