British Rail diesel locomotives

11001 was one of the first British Rail diesel locomotives, built in 1949 at British Rail's Ashford Works. It was designed by O V Bulleid when he was Chief Mechanical Engineer of Southern Railways. It was powered by a Paxman RPH Series 1 engine, capable of delivering 500 bhp at 1,250 rpm. It was driven via a Vulcan Sinclair fluid coupling to an SSS (Synchro-Self-Shifting) Powerflow gearbox. The gearbox provided three forward and reverse gears in either high or low range, with top speed ranging from 5 mph (8 km/h) in 1st gear, low range up to 36 mph (58 km/h). It had an 0-6-0 wheel formation. ...more on Wikipedia about "British Rail 11001"

British Rail's Class 01 diesel locomotives were a short wheelbase 0-4-0 Diesel-mechanical design intended for use in area with tight curves and limited clearance. ...more on Wikipedia about "British Rail Class 01"

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. They had the door to the cab at the rear, with a railed veranda behind the cab; this feature was very unusual on British Rail locomotives although was used on many Yorkshire Engine Co. designs and was/is quite normal in North American practice. ...more on Wikipedia about "British Rail Class 02"

The British Rail Class 03 locomotive is, together with Class 04, one of BR's most successful smaller 0-6-0 diesel-mechanical shunters. The class, numbering 230 examples, was built by British Railways' Swindon and Doncaster works in 1957- 1962 and numbered D2000-D2399 (later 03004 to 03399). D2370 and D2371 were used as departmental locomotives and numbered 91 and 92 respectively. ...more on Wikipedia about "British Rail Class 03"

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 class 04 locomotives were supplied by the Drewry Car Co., who at the time (and for most of its existance) had no manufacturing capability. Drewry sub-contracted the construction work to two builders both of who build other locomotives under the same arrangement. Early locomotives were built by the Vulcan Foundry while later examples were built by Robert Stephenson & Hawthorne. ...more on Wikipedia about "British Rail Class 04"

The British Rail Class 05 diesel locomotive was built for use on the Eastern & Scottish Region. ...more on Wikipedia about "British Rail Class 05"

Built for use on the Scottish Region. A 0-4-0 diesel-mechanical shunter built by Andrew Barclay, 1958-60. Numbered D2410-D2444 and given the TOPS numbers 06001-06010. ...more on Wikipedia about "British Rail Class 06" Inform your friends about www.shortopedia.com

The British Rail Class 07 locomotive is an off-centre cab shunter for use in Southampton Docks, to replace steam locomotives. An 0-6-0 diesel-electrical shunter built by Ruston & Hornsby, 1962. Numbered D2985-D2998 and given the TOPS numbers 07001(D2985)-07013(D2997), D2998. ...more on Wikipedia about "British Rail Class 07"

The British Rail Class 08 is a class of diesel locomotive designed for shunting. It was the standard BR diesel-electric shunter, based on the LMS 12033 series (later TOPS Class 11). Production started in 1953 and when it finished in 1962, the class had become the most numerous of all British classes, numbering 1193 in total. A few remain in service today. ...more on Wikipedia about "British Rail Class 08"

The British Rail Class 09 is a class of 0-6-0 diesel locomotive designed for shunting. Class 08 locomotives and were re-geared to give a maximum top speed of 27.5 mph (44 km/h) at the expense of a lower tractive effort. They operated in the Southern Region. ...more on Wikipedia about "British Rail Class 09"

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 the period 1953-62. ...more on Wikipedia about "British Rail Class 10"

The British Rail Class 11 was applied to a batch of locomotives built from April 1945 to December 1952, based on a similar earlier batch. ...more on Wikipedia about "British Rail Class 11"

The British Rail Class 12 is a diesel locomotive built primarily for shunting duties. ...more on Wikipedia about "British Rail Class 12"

The British Rail Class 13 was formed because in 1965 it was found necessary to provide more powerful shunters for the Tinsley Marshalling Yard. This was provided by permanently coupling together two Class 08 shunters as a 'master' and 'slave' unit, the latter with its cab removed. Both units were ballasted to improve traction. Initially the units were coupled cab-to-cab but it was found more practical to couple Master nose to Slave cab. The thinking behind adopting this dual locomotive design is that a larger, rigid locomotive could not be used due to the risk of grounding on the hump. ...more on Wikipedia about "British Rail Class 13"

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The British Rail Class 14 diesel locomotives were small diesel-hydraulic locomotives built in the mid- 1960s. ...more on Wikipedia about "British Rail Class 14"

British Rail Class 14, number D9555, is a preserved 0-6-0 diesel-hydraulic shunting locomotive. This locomotive is historic as it was the last ever locomotive to be built at Swindon Works in 1965. ...more on Wikipedia about "British Rail Class 14 D9555"

(British Rail Class 15) == History == ...more on Wikipedia about "British Rail Class 15"

The Class 16 diesel locomotive was ordered under the Modernisation Scheme as a Type 1 locomotive for the Eastern Region; based on prototype No. 10800. Only ten were ever built and were completely incompatible with virtually every other fleet. This class was troubled by poor reliability and was scrapped relatively early. ...more on Wikipedia about "British Rail Class 16"

Ordered as a successor to the pilot scheme Type 1 locomotives, fitted with a centre cab. This class was probably the least successful of any type. The long bonnets in each direction gave the driver poor visibility. The Paxman 6ZHXL gave unreliable performance (overall reliability was around 60%). Withdrawals started in the late 1960’s and the final locomotives were withdrawn in 1971. ...more on Wikipedia about "British Rail Class 17"

British Rail Class 21 was a class of 1000hp or 1100hp Bo-Bo diesel-electric locomotives built by North British Locomotive Company. 58 were built nos D6100-D6157. 20 (D6100-03/06-08/12-14/16/19/21/23/24/29/30/33/34/37) were later re-engined with 1350hp Paxman engines to form Class 29 ...more on Wikipedia about "British Rail Class 21"

The British Rail Class 24 diesel locomotives, also known as the Sulzer Type 2, were built from 1958- 1961. 151 of these locomotives were built at either Derby, Crewe or Darlington, the first twenty of which were ordered as part of the 1955 British Rail modernisation plan. This class was used as the basis for the development of the Class 25 locomotives. ...more on Wikipedia about "British Rail Class 24"

The British Rail Class 25 diesel locomotives were also known as Sulzer Type 2 and nicknamed Rats. In all 327 locomotives of this type were built between 1961 and 1967. Whilst these locos were primarily designed for freight work, a significant number were fitted with boilers for heating passenger trains. Throughout the 1970s they could be found at work across the whole of the British Rail network although the Eastern and Southern Regions never had an allocation. Whilst regular performers into the early 1980s on Crewe – Cardiff passenger trains they are best known in that respect for their use on the summer Saturday trains to Aberystwyth, a task they relinquished in 1984. The final class 25 locomotive was withdrawn from service in March 1987. ...more on Wikipedia about "British Rail Class 25"

The British Rail Class 26 diesel locomotives, also known as the BRCW Type 2, were built from 1958- 1959. 47 of these locomotives were built by the Birmingham Railway Carriage & Wagon Company, the first twenty of which were ordered as part of the 1955 British Rail modernisation plan. This class was used as the basis for the development of the Class 27 locomotives. ...more on Wikipedia about "British Rail Class 26"

British Rail's Class 27 comprised 69 diesel locomotives built by the Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Company (BRCW) during 1961 and 1962. They were a development of the earlier Class 26; both were originally classified as the BRCW Type 2. Original allocations were to the Scottish Region, the Eastern Region, and the London Midland Region, but all soon ended up in Scotland. Some members of the class were fitted with push-pull equipment to "top and tail" Edinburgh-Glasgow expresses. ...more on Wikipedia about "British Rail Class 27"

British Rail's Class 28 diesel locomotives or as they were usually known 'Metrovicks' were built as part of the early modernisation plan. Built with low speed Crossley two stroke engines they represented an experiment in two versus four stroke engines for diesel electric traction. Almost from the beginning the Metrovick's Crossley engines were problematic. The engines suffered chronic failures and by 1961 the entire class of locomotives were being handed back to the manufacturer for remedial work on the engines and to cure problems with cab windows falling out while running. ...more on Wikipedia about "British Rail Class 28" shortopedia, there's no better way.

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