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  2. List of British Rail modern traction locomotive classes

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    British Rail Motive Power Combined Volume 2000. Sheffield: Platform 5. ISBN 1-902336-13-5. Hunt, David (2005). LMS locomotive Profiles Vol. 9: Main Line Diesel-Electrics Nos. 10000 and 10001. Wild Swan Publications. ISBN 1-905184-04-2. Ian Allan (1969). British Railways Locomotives and Other Motive Power: Combined Volume. London: Ian Allan ...

  3. Diesel locomotives of British Rail - Wikipedia

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    British Rail operated a large number of different diesel locomotive types. The majority of these were built between 1955 and 1968. The majority of these were built between 1955 and 1968. Many classes were rushed into service as part of the 1955 Modernisation Plan , but poor reliability and a rapid decline in rail transport meant that some would ...

  4. List of preserved British Rail diesel locomotives - Wikipedia

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    British Rail Class D2/12 - 1 preserved; British Rail Class 01 - 2 preserved; British Rail Class 02 - 7 preserved; British Rail Class 03 - 56 preserved; British Rail Class 04 - 18 preserved; British Rail Class 05 - 4 preserved; British Rail Class 06 - 1 preserved, British Rail Class 07 - 7 preserved; Large shunters. British Rail Class D3/6 - 1 ...

  5. Vintage Trains - Wikipedia

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    Vintage Trains Charitable Trust ("VTCT") (formerly Birmingham Railway Museum Trust), the parent charitable organisation Tyseley Locomotive Works Limited : a wholly owned subsidiary of VTCT, responsible for general and mechanical engineering and hire of locomotives and rolling stock

  6. British Rail Class 40 - Wikipedia

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    The origins of the Class 40 fleet lay in the prototype diesel locomotives (LMS No. 10000 and 10001 ordered by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway and British Railways and D16/2 ordered by British Railways between 1947 and 1954) and most notably with the Southern Region locomotive No. 10203, which was powered by English Electric's 16SVT MkII engine developing 2,000 bhp (1,460 kW). [2]

  7. British railcars and diesel multiple units - Wikipedia

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    Diesel motors became powerful enough for railway use after World War I, and the Great Western Railway built several single cars and multiple units in the 1930s, which lasted until the 1960s. A 1952 report recommended the trialling of lightweight diesel multiple units, followed by plans in the 1955 Modernisation Plan for up to 4,600 diesel railcars.

  8. List of British Rail diesel multiple unit classes - Wikipedia

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    Electro-diesel units designed with both pantograph for OHLE use and internal diesel powerplant for non-electrified lines 2014-2019 46 × 5-car 13 × 9-car still in use None Class 802: Hitachi Kudamatsu & Pistoia: 2017-2020 27 x 5-car 7 x 9-car Class 805: Hitachi Newton Aycliffe: 2021-now 13 x 5-car still in use Class 810: 33 × 5-car Not In ...

  9. British Rail Class 17 - Wikipedia

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    The British Rail Class 17 (also known as the Clayton Type 1) was a class of 117 Bo-Bo diesel-electric locomotives built 1962–1965 by Clayton Equipment Company and their sub-contractor Beyer, Peacock & Co., on behalf of British Railways (BR).