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The British Rail Class 13 was a type of diesel–electric shunting locomotive. The type was designed in 1965 because of the need to provide more powerful shunters for the Tinsley Marshalling Yard . Due to Tinsley's status as a hump yard , it was not possible to use a single locomotive owing to the risk of grounding.
When British Rail implemented the TOPS system for managing their operating stock, ships capable of carrying rail vehicles were incorporated into the system as Class 99. In order to circumvent restrictions of the application software, these ships were entered on TOPS as locomotives, 'hauling' the trains which they carried on board.
A range of diesel locomotives (Classes 37, 47, 31, 20 and 56) at Dereham. This article lists the wide variety of locomotives and multiple units that have operated on Great Britain's railway network, since Nationalisation in 1948.
British Rail Class D2/10 - 2 preserved; British Rail Class D2/11 - 1 preserved; 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,
Class 13.5 II: PKP Class Pd5 (Prussian S 6) Class 13.10-12: Prussian S 6; Class 13.16: Württemberg AD; Class 13.17: Württemberg ADh; Class 13.18: Oldenburg S 3 and Oldenburg S 5; GNR Class J13, steam locomotives; I-13-class submarine; LSWR F13 class, steam locomotives; MK13-class missile boat; New South Wales Z13 class locomotive, steam ...
The British Rail Class 47 or Brush Type 4 is a class of British railway diesel-electric locomotive that was developed in the 1960s by Brush Traction. A total of 512 Class 47s were built at Brush's Falcon Works in Loughborough and at British Railways' Crewe Works between 1962 and 1968, which made them the most numerous class of British mainline ...
The British Rail Class 14 is a type of small diesel-hydraulic locomotive built in the mid-1960s. Twenty-six of these 0-6-0 locomotives were ordered in January 1963, to be built at British Railways' Swindon Works. The anticipated work for this class was trip working movements between local yards and short-distance freight trains. [2]
The British Rail Class 08 is a class of diesel–electric shunting locomotives built by British Railways (BR). As the standard BR general-purpose diesel shunter, the class became a familiar sight at major stations and freight yards. Since their introduction in 1952, however, the nature of rail traffic in Britain has changed considerably.