NationMaster - Encyclopedia: British Rail Janus

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. However, BR did not buy any production versions after testing. Logo of British Rail British Railways (BR), later rebranded as British Rail, ran the British railway system from the nationalisation of the Big Four British railway companies in 1948 until its privatisation in stages between 1994 and 1997. ...

Janus was of 0-6-0 wheel arrangement, diesel-electric and weighed 48tons, while Taurus was an 0-8-0, diesel-hydraulic and weighed 56tons. Both were fitted with two Rolls Royce diesel engines, the Janus having 2xC6SFL totalling 400hp and the Taurus 2xC8SFL giving 600hp. Maximum speeds were 23mph (Janus) and 36mph (Taurus). 0-6-0 is also the emergency telephone number in Mexico, similar to the United Statess 9-1-1. ... The Whyte notation for classifying steam locomotives by wheel arrangement was devised by Frederick Methvan Whyte and came into use in the early 20th century. ... A number of vehicles use a diesel-electric powerplant for providing locomotion. ... In the Whyte notation for the wheel arrangement of locomotives (primarily steam locomotives), an 0-8-0 is a locomotive with eight powered driving wheels (thus four powered axles), and neither leading wheels or trailing wheels. ...

A large number of Janus locomotives were built for industrial use, but one one other Taurus was ever built.

The name Janus is from the god Janus - the locomotive was symetrical with two faces. Janus may refer to Janus, the two-faced Roman god of gates, doors, beginnings, endings and doorways. ...

Categories: British Rail diesel locomotives | YEC locomotives A wide variety of Locomotives and Multiple units have been operated on Great Britains railway network. ... A wide variety of Locomotives and Multiple units have been operated on Great Britains railway network. ... A wide variety of Locomotives and Multiple units have been operated on Great Britains railway network. ... A wide variety of Locomotives and Multiple units have been operated on Great Britains railway network. ... A wide variety of Locomotives and Multiple units have been operated on Great Britains railway network. ... A wide variety of Locomotives and Multiple units have been operated on Great Britains railway network. ... A wide variety of Locomotives and Multiple units have been operated on Great Britains railway network. ... British Rails Class 01 diesel locomotives were a short wheelbase 0-4-0 design for limited clearance operations. ... 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 1957 and 1962, were very similar to the Class 03 but were built by private industry rather than the British Railways workshops. ... Built for use on the Eastern & Scottish Region. ... Built for use on the Scottish Region. ... An off-centre cab shunter for use in Southampton Docks, to replace steam locomotives. ... The Class 08 locomotive was the standard BR diesel-electric shunter, based on the LMS 12033 series (now TOPS Class 11) and was the most numerous of all classes in the UK, numbering 1193 when construction ceased in 1962. ... 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. ... 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. ... British Rails Class 01 diesel locomotives were a short wheelbase 0-4-0 design for limited clearance operations. ... 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 1957 and 1962, were very similar to the Class 03 but were built by private industry rather than the British Railways workshops. ... The British Rail Class 04 0-6-0 diesel-mechanical shunting locomotive class, built between 1957 and 1962, were very similar to the Class 03 but were built by private industry rather than the British Railways workshops. ... Built for use on the Scottish Region. ... Built for use on the Eastern & Scottish Region. ... Built for use on the Eastern & Scottish Region. ... In 1958, Brush Traction Ltd and Beyer Peacock co-operated to produce five prototype diesel-electric shunting locomotives of 0-4-0 wheel arrangement. ... The Class 08 locomotive was the standard BR diesel-electric shunter, based on the LMS 12033 series (now TOPS Class 11) and was the most numerous of all classes in the UK, numbering 1193 when construction ceased in 1962. ... 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... 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. ... CLASS 12 This was the second batch of standard SR shunters based on the English Electric 6KT 350 hp (260 kW) diesel engine. ... The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) pioneered the use of diesel shunting locomotives in Great Britain. ... 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. ... CLASS 17 Ordered as a successor to the pilot scheme Type 1 locomotives, fitted with a centre cab. ... The class 20 locomotives usually work in pairs. ... Preservation Four locomotives have been preserved: D5032 / 24032 - North Yorkshire Moors Railway D5054 / 24054 - East Lancashire Railway D5061 / 24061 - North Yorkshire Moors Railway D5081 / 24081 - Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway Categories: Stub | British Rail locomotives | Bo-Bo locomotives ... Description The British Rail Class 25 diesel locomotives, also known as the Sulzer Type 2, were built from 1961. ... Description Preservation Several locomotives have been preserved: D5300 / 26007 - Barrow Hill Engine Shed D5301 / 26001 - Lakeside & Haverthwaite Railway D5302 / 26002 - Strathspey Railway D5304 / 26004 - Boness & Kinneil Railway D5310 / 26010 - Northampton & Lamport Railway D5311 / 26011 - Barrow Hill Engine Shed D5314 / 26014 - Caledonian Railway (Brechin) D5324 / 26024 - Boness & Kinneil Railway... British Rails Class 28 diesel locomotives or as they were usually known Metrovicks were built as part of the early modernisation plan. ... Class 31, no. ... Class 31, no. ... Class 37/0, no. ... Class 40, no. ... The British Rail Class 41 diesel locomotives were built by the North British Locomotive Company in 1957. ... The British Rail Class 41 was the original classification for the power cars of the prototype High Speed Train. ... British Railways Type 4 Warship class diesel hydraulic locomotives 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 43 is the classification used for the production High Speed Train power cars. ... The British Rail Class 44diesel 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. ... Class 47, no. ... Class 47, no. ... Class 50, no. ... 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 twenty-two English Electric Type 5 express diesel locomotives built in 1961/2 and used for high-speed service on Britains East Coast Main Line between London Kings Cross and Edinburgh. ... Class 57, no. ... 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. ... Class 66 66108 at Didcot on 23 August 2004. ... Are not very good ... 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. ... The class 20 locomotives usually work in pairs. ... Preservation Four locomotives have been preserved: D5032 / 24032 - North Yorkshire Moors Railway D5054 / 24054 - East Lancashire Railway D5061 / 24061 - North Yorkshire Moors Railway D5081 / 24081 - Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway Categories: Stub | British Rail locomotives | Bo-Bo locomotives ... Description Preservation Several locomotives have been preserved: D5300 / 26007 - Barrow Hill Engine Shed D5301 / 26001 - Lakeside & Haverthwaite Railway D5302 / 26002 - Strathspey Railway D5304 / 26004 - Boness & Kinneil Railway D5310 / 26010 - Northampton & Lamport Railway D5311 / 26011 - Barrow Hill Engine Shed D5314 / 26014 - Caledonian Railway (Brechin) D5324 / 26024 - Boness & Kinneil Railway... 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. ... Class 31, no. ... Class 31, no. ... Class 31, no. ... Class 37/0, no. ... Class 40, no. ... The British Rail Class 41 diesel locomotives were built by the North British Locomotive Company in 1957. ... British Railways Type 4 Warship class diesel hydraulic locomotives 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 44diesel 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 twenty-two English Electric Type 5 express diesel locomotives built in 1961/2 and used for high-speed service on Britains East Coast Main Line between London Kings Cross and Edinburgh. ... The British Rail Class 71 was a straight electric locomotive used on the Southern Region of British Railways. ... The second batch of 43 locomotives were built later by Vulcan Foundry from 1965-1967, and were classified as Class JB. They were numbered in the range E6007-E6049. ... The class 74 is an electro diesel locomotive that operated on the Southern Region of British Railways. ... 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. ... This article needs to be wikified. ... Class 83, no. ... Class 85, no. ... Class 86, nos. ... Class 87, no. ... Class 89, no. ... Class 90/0, no. ... Class 91/1, no. ... Class 92, no. ... 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. ... Class 85, no. ... Class 86, nos. ... 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. ... The second batch of 43 locomotives were built later by Vulcan Foundry from 1965-1967, and were classified as Class JB. They were numbered in the range E6007-E6049. ... The second batch of 43 locomotives were built later by Vulcan Foundry from 1965-1967, and were classified as Class JB. They were numbered in the range E6007-E6049. ... 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. ... TOPS Class 98 has been used to cover all steam locomotives used on the mainline in Britain, but also has a particular usage for the three Vale of Rheidol 2_6_2T locomotives that remained in the ownership of British Rail after the end of mainline steam traction in August 1968. ... 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. ...