| 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 | 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 The first was withdrawn in 1977 and all of them were withdrawn by 1984.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. ...
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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. ...
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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 â 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. ...
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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.
| British Rail non-steam locomotives | | Diesel shunters: | 01 · 01/5 · 02 · 03 · 04 · 05 · 06 · 07 · 08 · 09 · 10 · 11 · 12 · 13 · 14 Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 Ã 535 pixelsFull resolution (898 Ã 601 pixel, file size: 102 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Union Pacific Railroad GE U30C diesel locomotive #2827. ...
A modern Diesel locomotive. ...
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. ...
Great Western Railway No. ...
British Rails Class 01 diesel locomotives were a short wheelbase 0-4-0 design for limited clearance operations. ...
The Class 01/5 designation encompasses a variety of privately-owned shunting locomotives that are passed to operated on the British mainline railway system. ...
The British Rail Class 02 were a class of twenty 0-4-0 diesel-hydraulic shunting locomotives built by the Yorkshire Engine Company in 1960 (first ten, D2850-D2859) and 1961 (D2860-D2869) for service in areas of restricted loading gauge and curvature such as docks. ...
The British Rail Class 03 locomotive is, together with Class 04, one of BRs most successful smaller 0-6-0 diesel-mechanical shunters. ...
The British Rail Class 04 0-6-0 diesel-mechanical shunting locomotive class, built between 1952 and 1962 and were the basis for the later Class 03 built in the British Railways workshops. ...
Built for use on the Eastern & Scottish Region. ...
Built for use on the Scottish Region. ...
The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. ...
D3312 at Kings Cross, 1963 in British Railways green livery 08 910 at Carlisle, 1975 in British Rail blue livery. ...
CLASS 09/0 Class 09, later 09/0, locomotives were modified from Class 08 locomotives and were re-geared to give a maximum top speed of 27. ...
The British Rail Class 10 railway locomotive was a variation on the Class 08 diesel-electric shunter in which the English Electric engine was replaced by a Blackstone engine and traction motors were either GEC or BTH. The locomotives were built at the BR Works in Darlington and Doncaster over...
British Rail Class 11 was applied to a batch of locomotives built from April 1945 to December 1952, based on a similar earlier batch. ...
CLASS 12 This was the second batch of standard SR shunters based on the English Electric 6KT 350 hp (260 kW) diesel engine. ...
The British Rail Class 13 was formed because in 1965 it was found necessary to provide more powerful shunters for the Tinsley Hump Yard. ...
CLASS 14 An order for 26 0-6-0 650 hp diesel-hydraulic locomotives was placed in January 1963, these to be built at British Railways Swindon Works. ...
| Diesel shunters (pre-TOPS): | 11001 · 11104 · 15107 · 13000 · 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 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. ...
11001 was one of the first British Rail diesel locomotives, built in 1949 at British Rails Ashford Works. ...
British Railways Class 11104 locomotive was built by Hibberd and introduced by British Railways in 1959. ...
British Rail 15107 was a locomotive commissioned by British Rail in England. ...
The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) pioneered the use of diesel shunting locomotives in Great Britain. ...
British Rail Class D1/1 was a locomotive commissioned by British Rail in England. ...
British Rails Class 01 diesel locomotives were a short wheelbase 0-4-0 design for limited clearance operations. ...
British Rail Class D1/3 was a locomotive commissioned by British Rail in England. ...
The British Rail Class 02 were a class of twenty 0-4-0 diesel-hydraulic shunting locomotives built by the Yorkshire Engine Company in 1960 (first ten, D2850-D2859) and 1961 (D2860-D2869) for service in areas of restricted loading gauge and curvature such as docks. ...
British Rail Class D2/1 was a locomotive commissioned by British Rail in England. ...
The British Rail Class 03 locomotive is, together with Class 04, one of BRs most successful smaller 0-6-0 diesel-mechanical shunters. ...
The British Rail Class 04 0-6-0 diesel-mechanical shunting locomotive class, built between 1952 and 1962 and were the basis for the later Class 03 built in the British Railways workshops. ...
The British Rail Class 04 0-6-0 diesel-mechanical shunting locomotive class, built between 1952 and 1962 and were the basis for the later Class 03 built in the British Railways workshops. ...
British Rail Class D2/5 was a locomotive commissioned by British Rail in England. ...
Built for use on the Scottish Region. ...
British Rail Class D2/7 was a locomotive commissioned by British Rail in England. ...
Built for use on the Eastern & Scottish Region. ...
Built for use on the Eastern & Scottish Region. ...
British Rail Class D2/10 was a locomotive commissioned by British Rail in England. ...
In 1958, Brush Traction Ltd and Beyer Peacock co-operated to produce five prototype diesel-electric shunting locomotives of 0-4-0 wheel arrangement. ...
British Rail Class D2/12 was a locomotive commissioned by British Rail in England. ...
British Rail Class D3/1 was a locomotive commissioned by British Rail in England. ...
D3312 at Kings Cross, 1963 in British Railways green livery 08 910 at Carlisle, 1975 in British Rail blue livery. ...
British Rail Class D3/3 was a locomotive commissioned by British Rail in England. ...
The British Rail Class 10 railway locomotive was a variation on the Class 08 diesel-electric shunter in which the English Electric engine was replaced by a Blackstone engine and traction motors were either GEC or BTH. The locomotives were built at the BR Works in Darlington and Doncaster over...
British Rail Class D3/5 was a locomotive commissioned by British Rail in England. ...
Class D3/6 were diesel shunters built in 1935 by English Electric for the London, Midland and Scottish Railway. ...
Class D3/7 were diesel shunters built from May 1939 through to July 1942 by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway at their Derby Works. ...
British Rail Class 11 was applied to a batch of locomotives built from April 1945 to December 1952, based on a similar earlier batch. ...
British Rail Class D3/9 was a locomotive commissioned by British Rail in England. ...
British Rail Class D3/10 was a locomotive commissioned by British Rail in England. ...
British Rail Class D3/11 was a locomotive commissioned by British Rail in England. ...
British Rail Class D3/12 was a locomotive commissioned by British Rail in England. ...
CLASS 12 This was the second batch of standard SR shunters based on the English Electric 6KT 350 hp (260 kW) diesel engine. ...
British Rail Class D3/14 was a locomotive commissioned by British Rail in England. ...
| | Main-line diesels: | 15 · 16 · 17 · 20 · 21 (I) · 21 (II) · 22 · 23 · 24 · 25 · 26 · 27 · 28 · 29 · 30 · 31 · 33 · 35 · 37 · 40 · 41 (I) · 41 (II) · 42 · 43 (I) · 43 (II) · 44 · 45 · 46 · 47 · 48 · 50 · 52 · 53 · 55 · 56 · 57 · 58 · 59 · 60 · 66 · 67 History Ordered under the Modernisation Scheme as Type 1 locomotives for local passenger and freight traffic in the London area. ...
The CLASS 16 locomotive was ordered under the Modernisation Scheme as a Type 1 locomotive for the Eastern Region; based on prototype No. ...
Ordered as a successor to the pilot scheme Type 1 locomotives, fitted with a centre cab. ...
D8036 at Euston in 1963 in original green livery without yellow warning panels. ...
British Rail did not run a Class 21 diesel locomotive in service. ...
The Class 21 diesel locomotives built by Vossloh in 2004-2005 are the second class of locomotives to use the Class 21 designation. ...
D6343 with Hymek D7072 at Old Oak Common, 1965. ...
The British Rail Class 23 Bo-Bo Diesel-electric locomotives (so-called Baby Deltics) were a ten strong class of locomotives built by the English Electric Company in 1959. ...
An unidentified Class 24 at Mossend yard in September 1976. ...
Description The British Rail Class 25 diesel locomotives, also known as the Sulzer Type 2, were built from 1961. ...
26014 and 26008 ready to depart Inverness with a passenger train, September 1977. ...
British Rails Class 27 comprised 69 diesel locomotives built by the Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Company (BRCW) during 1961 and 1962. ...
British Rails Class 28 diesel locomotives or as they were usually known Metrovicks were built as part of the early modernisation plan. ...
British Rails Class 29 diesel locomotive was part of British Rails modernization in the 80s. ...
Class 31, no. ...
Class 31, no. ...
D6547 in original green livery without yellow warning panels, 1963. ...
Preserved D7017 at Minehead in 1979 The British Rail Class 35 is a class of mixed traffic Bo-Bo diesel locomotive with hydraulic transmission. ...
D6712 at Liverpool Street, 1963 in BR green with yellow warning panels. ...
No. ...
The British Railways Class 41 diesel-hydraulic locomotives were built by the North British Locomotive Company in Glasgow during 1957 and 1958. ...
The British Rail Class 41 was the original classification for the power cars of the prototype High Speed Train. ...
D852 Tenacious at Old Oak Common, 1964 British Railways Type 4 Warship class diesel hydraulic locomotives were introduced in 1958. ...
The British Rail Class 43 diesel-hydraulic locomotives were built by the North British Locomotive Company from 1960-1962. ...
HST power car 43127 is shown here crossing the Kennet and Avon Canal The British Rail Class 43 is the classification used for the InterCity 125 High Speed Train power cars, built by BREL from 1976 to 1982 The class are officially the fastest diesels in the world, with an...
The British Rail Class 44 diesel locomotives were built by British Rail Derby Works from 1959 to 1960. ...
The British Rail Class 45 diesel locomotives were built by British Rail Derby and Crewe Works from 1960 to 1962. ...
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The British Rail Class 48 was a diesel locomotive class which consisted of five examples, built at Brush Falcon Works in Loughborough and delivered between September 1965 and July 1966. ...
50050 Fearless at Reading, 1975. ...
British Rail assigned Class 52 to the class of 74 large Type 4 diesel-hydraulic locomotives built for the Western Region of British Railways between 1961 and 1964. ...
British Rail assigned Class 53 to the single Brush Traction-built prototype locomotive Falcon. ...
British Rail assigned Class 55 to the English Electric Type 5 express diesel locomotives built in 1961/2 for high-speed service on the East Coast Main Line between London Kings Cross and Edinburgh. ...
Electroputere-built 56006 at Doncaster in 2003 painted in rail blue livery Preserved 56003 in Load-Haul livery. ...
Class 57, no. ...
58001, on display at Doncaster Works open day on 27th July 2003. ...
The Class 59 Co-Co diesel locomotives were built by General Motors Electro Motive Diesel for private British companies, initially Foster Yeoman (59/0). ...
Class 60s at Peak Forest In the mid 1980s British Rail was faced with an aging fleet of freight locomotives which required overhaul or replacement. ...
The Class 66 locomotive is a development of the Class 59 and used both on British and European railway networksâwhere it is marketed as EMD Series 66. ...
Two Class 67s lead a freight train through Bristol Parkway 67006 Royal Sovereign at Evesham on 26 March 2005. ...
| Main-line diesels (pre-TOPS): | 10000-10001 · 10100 · 10201-10203 · 10800 · 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 10001 at Bletchley, 1954. ...
British Rail 10100 was a steam powered locomotive built by BR Derby for British Rail in 1950. ...
British Railways Class D16/2 (10201-10202) was built by BR Ashford and introduced in 1950-1951. ...
British Rails Class 10800 was a main-line diesel locomotive built by NBL Ltd for British Rail in 1950 and later rebuilt by Brush Traction in 1961. ...
History Ordered under the Modernisation Scheme as Type 1 locomotives for local passenger and freight traffic in the London area. ...
The CLASS 16 locomotive was ordered under the Modernisation Scheme as a Type 1 locomotive for the Eastern Region; based on prototype No. ...
British Rail did not run a Class 21 diesel locomotive in service. ...
D6343 with Hymek D7072 at Old Oak Common, 1965. ...
D8036 at Euston in 1963 in original green livery without yellow warning panels. ...
The British Rail Class 23 Bo-Bo Diesel-electric locomotives (so-called Baby Deltics) were a ten strong class of locomotives built by the English Electric Company in 1959. ...
British Rail did not run a Class 21 diesel locomotive in service. ...
An unidentified Class 24 at Mossend yard in September 1976. ...
26014 and 26008 ready to depart Inverness with a passenger train, September 1977. ...
D6343 with Hymek D7072 at Old Oak Common, 1965. ...
Description The British Rail Class 25 diesel locomotives, also known as the Sulzer Type 2, were built from 1961. ...
British Rails Class 28 diesel locomotives or as they were usually known Metrovicks were built as part of the early modernisation plan. ...
British Rails Class 27 comprised 69 diesel locomotives built by the Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Company (BRCW) during 1961 and 1962. ...
Class 31, no. ...
Class 31, no. ...
Class 31, no. ...
D6547 in original green livery without yellow warning panels, 1963. ...
D6547 in original green livery without yellow warning panels, 1963. ...
10001 at Bletchley, 1954. ...
British Railways Class D16/2 (10201-10202) was built by BR Ashford and introduced in 1950-1951. ...
Preserved D7017 at Minehead in 1979 The British Rail Class 35 is a class of mixed traffic Bo-Bo diesel locomotive with hydraulic transmission. ...
D6712 at Liverpool Street, 1963 in BR green with yellow warning panels. ...
No. ...
The British Railways Class 41 diesel-hydraulic locomotives were built by the North British Locomotive Company in Glasgow during 1957 and 1958. ...
D852 Tenacious at Old Oak Common, 1964 British Railways Type 4 Warship class diesel hydraulic locomotives were introduced in 1958. ...
The British Rail Class 43 diesel-hydraulic locomotives were built by the North British Locomotive Company from 1960-1962. ...
The British Rail Class 44 diesel locomotives were built by British Rail Derby Works from 1959 to 1960. ...
The British Rail Class 45 diesel locomotives were built by British Rail Derby and Crewe Works from 1960 to 1962. ...
British Rail assigned Class 52 to the class of 74 large Type 4 diesel-hydraulic locomotives built for the Western Region of British Railways between 1961 and 1964. ...
British Rail assigned Class 55 to the English Electric Type 5 express diesel locomotives built in 1961/2 for high-speed service on the East Coast Main Line between London Kings Cross and Edinburgh. ...
D6547 in original green livery without yellow warning panels, 1963. ...
D6547 in original green livery without yellow warning panels, 1963. ...
| | Electrics: | 70 · 71 · 73 · 74 · 76 · 77 · 80 · 81 · 82 · 83 · 84 · 85 · 86 · 87 · 89 · 90 · 91 · 92 · 93 20002 at East Croydon, 13 December 1967. ...
The British Rail Class 71 was a straight electric locomotive used on the Southern Region of British Railways. ...
Class 73, no. ...
The class 74 is an electro diesel locomotive that operated on the Southern Region of British Railways. ...
Preserved locomotive no. ...
Preserved locomotive, no. ...
British Rail allocated Class 80 to its prototype 25kV AC electric locomotive, numbered E1000 initially, and later E2001. ...
The class 81 was a straight electric locomotive that operated on the West Coast Main Line of the London Midland Region of British Rail. ...
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Class 83, no. ...
Preserved locomotive, no. ...
Class 85, no. ...
Class 86/6, nos. ...
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Class 89, no. ...
The first Class 90, No. ...
A class 91 at Peterborough in the late 1980s wearing original InterCity Swallow livery. ...
92027 George Eliot at Stafford in August 2005 with an intermodal train. ...
Artists impression of a Class 93 locomotive Class 93 is the traction classification assigned to the electric locomotives that were to enter service as part of British Rails InterCity 250 project on the West Coast Main Line. ...
| Electrics (pre-TOPS): | AL1 · AL2 · AL3 · AL4 · AL5 · AL6 · EB1 · EE1 · EM1 · EM2 · ES1 · HA · HB · JA · JB The class 81 was a straight electric locomotive that operated on the West Coast Main Line of the London Midland Region of British Rail. ...
This article needs to be wikified. ...
Class 83, no. ...
Preserved locomotive, no. ...
Class 85, no. ...
Class 86/6, nos. ...
British Rail Class EB1 was an electrically powered locomotive commissioned by British Rail in England. ...
British Rail Class EE1 was an electrically powered locomotive commissioned by British Rail in England. ...
Preserved locomotive no. ...
Preserved locomotive, no. ...
British Rail Class ES1 was an electrically powered locomotive commissioned by British Rail in England. ...
The British Rail Class 71 was a straight electric locomotive used on the Southern Region of British Railways. ...
The class 74 is an electro diesel locomotive that operated on the Southern Region of British Railways. ...
Class 73, no. ...
Class 73, no. ...
| | Departmental: | 97 · 97/6 · Eastern · Southern · Other Series British Rail reserved the TOPS Class 97 designation for departmental locomotives, which were used for special or engineering duties. ...
The British Rail Class 97/6 diesel shunting locomotives were purpose-built for departmental duties by Ruston & Hornsby at Lincoln in 1953 (97650) or 1959 (97651-654). ...
In 1952, the Eastern Region of British Rail introduced its own series for departmental (non-revenue earning) vehicles, including locomotives. ...
The Southern Railway numbered its departmental (non-revenue earning) stock, both locomotives and carriages in a series commencing at 1S. The series was retained by the Southern Region of British Rail, but amended so that the numbers carried a DS prefix instead of an S suffix. ...
Before TOPS Class 97 was issued to self-propelled locomotives in departmental (non-revenue earning) use, British Rail had such locomotives numbered in a variety of series, together with locomotives that were no longer self_propelled. ...
| | Prototypes: | 15097-15099 · 18000 · 18100 · D0226/D0227 · D0260 · D0280 · D9998 · DHP1 · DP1 · DP2 · GT3 · HS4000 · Janus/Taurus LNER Class Y11 was a class of petrol powered 0-4-0 locomotives built by Simplex and introduced in the years 1919-1925 for the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER). ...
18000 was a prototype mainline gas turbine locomotive built for British Railways in 1949 by Brown Boveri. ...
18100 was a prototype mainline gas turbine locomotive built for British Railways in 1951 by Metropolitan Vickers, Manchester. ...
D0226 and D0227 were two prototype diesel shunting locomotives built in 1956 by English Electric at its Vulcan Foundry in Newton-le-Willows to demonstrate its wares to British Railways. ...
D0260, named Lion, was a prototype Type 4 mainline diesel locomotive built in 1962 by the Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Company, in association with Sulzer and Associated Electrical Industries, at their Smethwick works in Birmingham to demonstrate their wares to British Railways. ...
British Rail assigned Class 53 to the single Brush Traction-built prototype locomotive Falcon. ...
In 1958, Brush Traction Ltd and Beyer Peacock co-operated to produce five prototype diesel-electric shunting locomotives of 0-4-0 wheel arrangement. ...
DHP1, meaning Diesel Hydraulic Prototype number 1, was a protoype Type 3 mainline diesel locomotive built in 1965 by Clayton to demonstrate their wares to British Railways. ...
DP1, or DELTIC as it is more popularly known, was a demonstrator locomotive built by the English Electric company in 1955. ...
DP2, meaning Diesel Prototype number 2, was a prototype Type 4 mainline diesel locomotive built in 1962 by English Electric at their Vulcan Foundry in Newton-le-Willows to demonstrate its wares to British Railways. ...
GT3, meaning Gas Turbine number 3 (following 18000 and 18100 as gas turbines 1 and 2), was a prototype mainline gas turbine locomotive built in 1961 by English Electric at their Vulcan Foundry in Newton_le_Willows to demonstrate its wares to British Railways. ...
HS4000, named Kestrel, was a prototype high-powered mainline diesel locomotive built in 1968 by Brush Traction, Loughborough to demonstrate its wares to British Railways. ...
Janus and Taurus were two prototype shunting locomotives built in 1956 and 1961 respectively by the Yorkshire Engine Company to demonstrate its wares to British Railways. ...
| Diesel locomotives · Electric locomotives · Miscellaneous locomotives · Diesel multiple units · Electric multiple units · Departmental multiple units This page lists every locomotive allocated a TOPS classification and all modern traction (e. ...
This page lists every locomotive allocated a TOPS classification and all modern traction (e. ...
This page lists every locomotive allocated a TOPS classification and all modern traction (e. ...
This page lists every diesel-powered multiple unit allocated a TOPS classification or used on the mainline network since 1948 (i. ...
This page lists every electric-powered multiple unit allocated a TOPS classification or used on the mainline network since 1948 (i. ...
The 900 series classes were reserved for multiple units in departmental stock, most of which were converted from old passenger units. ...
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