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Encyclopedia > British Rail Class 46
BR Class 46
TOPS numbers 46001-46056
Early numbers D138-193
Builder British Rail Derby
Introduced 1961–1963
Wheel Arrangement 1Co-Co1
Weight 138 tons 140 tonnes
Height 12 ft 10.13 in 3.9 m
Width 8ft 10.62 in 2.7 m
Length 67 ft 11 in 20.7 m
Wheel dia. 3 ft 9 in 1143 mm
Wheel base 59 ft 8 in 18.2 m
Minimum radius 5 chains, later 3½ chains 101 m, later 70 m
Maximum speed 90 mph 145 km/h
Engine Sulzer 12LDA28-B 12-cyl
Engine output 2,500 hp 1839 kW
Max. tractive effort 55,000 lbf 222 kN
Power at Rail 1,962 hp 1463 kW
Brake type Vacuum
Brake force 63 tons force 628 kN
Route availability 7
Fuel tank 790 gallons 3590 L
Heating type Steam
Multiple working Blue Star
Removed early on
Departmental locomotive 97403 Ixion at a Coalville open day 1 September 1985.

The British Rail Class 46 is a class of diesel locomotive. They were built from 1961-1963 at British Railways' Derby Works and were initially numbered D138-D193. With the arrival of TOPS they were renumbered to Class 46. Fifty-six locomotives were built. The first was withdrawn in 1977 and all of them were withdrawn by 1984. British Rail Engineering Limited (BREL) Derby consisted of two separate works; Derby Loco works, and Derby Carriage and Wagon works. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1113x762, 122 KB) er = 1985, btw. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1113x762, 122 KB) er = 1985, btw. ... British Rail reserved the TOPS Class 97 designation for departmental locomotives, which were used for special or engineering duties. ... Coalville is a town in North West Leicestershire, England, with a population of about 30,000. ... is the 244th day of the year (245th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar). ... This article is about the defunct entity British Railways, which later traded as British Rail. The History of rail transport in Great Britain is covered in its own article. ... A modern Diesel locomotive. ... British Rail Engineering Limited (BREL) Derby consisted of two separate works; Derby Loco works, and Derby Carriage and Wagon works. ... The Total Operations Processing System, better known by its initials TOPS, is a computer system for managing the locomotives and rolling stock (railroad cars) owned by a rail system. ...


The Class 46 design was structurally the same as the preceding Class 45 build, and had the same Sulzer engine, but differed in the fitment of a Brush generator and traction motors, in place of Crompton Parkinson equipment as fitted to the Class 45. The British Rail Class 45 diesel locomotives were built by British Rail Derby and Crewe Works from 1960 to 1962. ...


On 17 July 1984, 46009 was deliberately crashed into a nuclear waste flask at about 90mph (145 km/h) on the Old Dalby test track. The test, organised by the CEGB, demonstrated to the public that there would be no leak of radioactive material in the event of a rail accident involving a train carrying a nuclear waste flask. 46009 was scrapped on site at Old Dalby later the same month by Vic Berry of Leicester. is the 198th day of the year (199th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... Political Punk band from Victorville, Ca WWW.MYSPACE.COM/NUCLEARWASTEX ... The Central Electricity Generating Board (CEGB) was the cornerstone of the British electricity industry for almost 50 years, from its nationalisation in 1947 to privatisation in the 1990s. ...


Three have been preserved, 46010, 46035 Ixion and D182.


British Rail Class 46 in fiction

A Class 46 Diesel was featured in The Railway Series books by Rev. W. Awdry (the original 'Thomas the Tank Engine' stories). D199 Enterprising Engines. Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: The Railway Series The Railway Series is a set of story books about a fictional railway system located on the fictional Island of Sodor and the engines that lived on it. ... Wilbert Vere Awdry, OBE, (June 15, 1911 – March 21, 1997), better known as the Reverend W. Awdry, was a clergyman, railway enthusiast and childrens author. ... In the childrens books The Railway Series, by the Rev. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...


References

  • Sulzer Diesel Locomotives of British Rail, Author Brian Webb, publ. David & Charles 1978, ISBN 0-7153-7514-8

External link

  • Crash! - A short article with photographs about the nuclear flask crash test.

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