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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 ...
This was an 0-4-0 diesel mechanical shunting locomotive built by Hudswell Clarke for the Crewe Works Narrow-gauge railway in 1930. It was the first diesel locomotive supplied to a major UK railway. [1] It had a McLaren-Benz 2-cylinder engine of 20 hp (15 kW) at 800 rpm. [2] It was transferred to Horwich Works in 1935.
Diesel-Hydraulic Locomotives of the Western Region. David and Charles. ISBN 0-7153-6769-2. Strickland, David C. (September 1983). Locomotive Directory: Every Single One There Has Ever Been. Camberley: Diesel and Electric Group. ISBN 978-0-906375-10-5. OCLC 16601890. OL 27959920M. Wikidata Q105978499. Williams, Alan; Percival, David (1962).
These locomotives worked on British Railways as demonstrators but remained in the ownership of the manufacturers: [1] NBL/Paxman 0-4-0 diesel-hydraulic. Tiger - preserved at Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway; Tom - preserved at Telford Steam Railway; English Electric. British Railways D0226 - preserved at Keighley and Worth Valley Railway
The society has purchased Class 58 diesel 58022 which will be used as the new locomotive's chassis. An engineering summary was made public in 2019 followed lengthy discussions with engineers within the railway industry and after ascertaining the most available and practical group of components to include within the locomotive.
Diesel locomotives built or ordered by British Railways and post-privatisation companies. Subcategories. This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 ...
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]
The Great Western Railway purchased two diesel shunters, and ordered a further seven immediately prior to Nationalisation, which were delivered to British Rail in 1948–49. The two shunters used by the GWR were numbered 1 and 2, while a series commencing at 501 was planned for the new locomotives ordered in the 1940s. British Rail renumbered ...