The 43 locomotives in this class were built with a 15.5 tonne axle load (93 tonnes gross wieght). Many of this calss were reclassified with the addition of an F suffix (after the number), this was to identify these locomotives as being of reduced fuel capacity and weight. The modified units have a weight of 15 tonnes per axle (90 tonnes gross) to allow them to travel on lighter lines. All units in the 2170 class exept 2211A and 2213A were converted to Driver only operation by December 1991.
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