NationMaster - Encyclopedia: British Rail Class 16

BR Class 16
TOPS numbers	None
Early numbers	D8400-D8409
Builder	North British Locomotive Company
Introduced	1958
Wheel Arrangement	Bo-Bo
Weight	68 te	69091 kg
Height	12 ft 6 in	3.8 m
Width	8 ft 8.5 in	2.7 m
Length	42 ft 6 in	13.0 m
Wheel Dia.	3 ft 7 in	1.1 m
Bogie Wheel Base	8 ft 6 in	2.6 m
Bogie Pivot Centres	20 ft	6.1 m
Minimum radius	3 � chains	70.4 m
Maximum speed	60 mph	97 km/h
Engine output	800 hp 627 hp at rail	597 kW 468 kW
Max. Tractive Effort	42,000 lbf	187 kN
Cont. Tractive Effort
Brake type	Vacuum
Brake force	31 te	309 kN
Route availability	4
Fuel Tank	400 imp gal	1,800 litre
Multiple Coupling	Red Circle
Heating type	None; through steam pipe
Boiler Water Capacity\|None

The CLASS 16 locomotive was ordered under the Modernisation Scheme as a Type 1 locomotive for the Eastern Region; based on prototype No. 10800. This class was troubled by poor reliability and was scrapped relatively early.

The engine was a Paxman 16YHXL with 7 in (178 mm) cylinder bore and 7.75 in (197 mm) cylinder stroke. The traction motors were 4 x GEC WT 441, nose suspended with single reduction gear drive. The Main Generator was a GEC WT 881and the Auxiliary Generator was also of GEC manufacture.

Diesel Locomotives _ Electric Locomotives _ DMU - DEMU - AC EMU - DC EMU - Departmental Units
	Diesel Shunting Locomotives
Classes:	01 - 02 _ 03 - 04 - 05 _ 06 - 07 - 08 _ 09 - 10 - 11 _ 12 - 13 - 14
Pre_TOPS Type:	D1/1 - D1/2 - D1/3 - D1/4 - D2/1 - D2/2 - D2/3 _ D2/4 - D2/5 - D2/6 - D2/7 - D2/8 - D2/9 _ D2/10 _ D2/11 _ D2/12 _ D3/1 _ D3/2 - D3/3 - D3/4 - D3/5 - D3/6 - D3/7 - D3/8 _ D3/9 _ D3/10 _ D3/11 _ D3/12 _ D3/13 - D3/14
Pre-1955 Type:	11001 - 11104 - 13000 - 15097-15099
	Main-Line Diesel Locomotives
Classes:	15 - 16 - 17 - 20 - 21 - 22 - 23 - 24 - 25 - 26 - 27 - 28 - 29 - 30 - 31 _ 33 _ 35 _ 37 - 40 - 41 _ 42 _ 43 - 44 - 45 - 46 - 47 - 48 _ 50 - 52 - 53 _ 55 - 56 - 57 - 58 - 59 - 60 - 66 - 67
Pre-TOPS Type:	D8/1 - D8/2 - D10/1 - D10/2 - D10/3 - D11/1 - D11/2 - D11/3 - D11/4 _ D11/5 _ D12/1 _ D12/2 _ D12/3 _ D13/1 - D14/1 - D14/2 _ D15/1 _ D15/2 _ D16/1 _ D16/2 _ D17/1 _ D17/2 - D20/1 - D20/2 _ D22/1 _ D22/2 - D23/1 - D25/1 - D27/1 - D33/1 _ KA _ KB
Pre_1955 Type:	10000_10001 _ 10100 _ 10201_10203 _ 10800
	Electric Locomotives
Classes:	70 - 71 - 73 - 74 - 76 - 77 - 80 - 81 - 82 - 83 - 84 - 85 - 86 _ 87 - 89 - 90 - 91 - 92
Pre-TOPS Type:	AL1 - AL2 - AL3 - AL4 - AL5 - AL6 _ EB1 _ EE1 _ EM1 _ EM2 _ ES1 _ HA _ HB _ JA - JB
	Other Locomotives
Departmental:	97 - Pre-TOPS
Steam & Gas:	98 - 18000 _ 18100
Demonstrators:	D0226/D0227 - D0260 _ D0280 - D9998 - DHP1 _ DP1 - DP2 - GT3 - HS4000 - Janus/Taurus

Categories: British Rail locomotives | Bo-Bo locomotives

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