British Rail diesel locomotives British Rail diesel locomotives The British Rail Class 31 diesel locomotives, also known as the Brush Type 2, were built by Brush Traction from 1957-62. ...more on Wikipedia about "British Rail Class 31"
The British Rail Class 33 also known as the BRCW Type 3 or Crompton is a class of Bo-Bo diesel locomotives built for the Southern Region between 1960 and 1962. A total of 98 was built by BRCW, and they were called "Cromptons" after the Crompton-Parkinson electrical equipment installed in them. They began service on the South-Eastern Division of the Southern Region but rapidly spread across the whole Region, and many were used much further afield. They were built with the ability only to supply the new type of electrical train heating, not the more traditional steam heating which most passenger carriages then used, so in the early years their use as winter-time passenger locomotives was restricted to the more modern passenger carriages. ...more on Wikipedia about "British Rail Class 33"
The British Rail Class 35, also known as a Hymek, is a class of B-B diesel locomotive with hydraulic transmission. ...more on Wikipedia about "British Rail Class 35"
The British Rail Class 37 diesel locomotives, also known as the English Electric Type 3 were commissioned as a part of the 1955 British Rail modernisation plan. In total 309 were built, with the order split between English Electric's Vulcan Foundry at Newton-le-Willows and Robert Stephenson and Hawthorn, Darlington. ...more on Wikipedia about "British Rail Class 37"
The British Rail Class 40 diesel locomotive was built by English Electric from 1958-62. ...more on Wikipedia about "British Rail Class 40"
There have been two distinct types of British Rail locomotive that have been allocated Class 41. ...more on Wikipedia about "British Rail Class 41"
The British Rail Class 41 was the original classification for the power cars of the prototype High Speed Train. However, the train was later re-classified as a diesel-electric multiple unit, and the whole set became Class 252. They were of Bo-Bo wheel arrangement. ...more on Wikipedia about "British Rail Class 41 (HST)"
The British Railways Class 41 diesel-hydraulic locomotives were built by the North British Locomotive Company in Glasgow during 1957 and 1958. The "Class 41" description was never officially applied to these locomotives as they were all withdrawn prior to this numeric system being introduced. The Class 41 designation was later coined by British loco enthusiasts. All were named after Royal Navy vessels, hence the nameplates each bore a subtitle "Warship Class". ...more on Wikipedia about "British Rail Class 41 (Warship Class)"
British Railways' (BR) Type 4 "Warship" class diesel hydraulic locomotives were introduced in 1958. They were divided into two batches: examples built at BR's Swindon works were numbered in the series D800 to D832 and from D866 to D870, had a maximum tractive effort of 52,400 pounds and are the British Rail Class 42 of this article. 33 others, D833-865, were constructed by the North British Locomotive Company and became British Rail Class 43. ...more on Wikipedia about "British Rail Class 42"
There have been two distinct types of British Rail locomotive that have been allocated Class 43. ...more on Wikipedia about "British Rail Class 43"
The British Rail Class 43 is the classification used for the production High Speed Train power cars. They were built by BREL from 1976- 1982. ...more on Wikipedia about "British Rail Class 43 (HST)"
The British Rail Class 43 diesel-hydraulic locomotives were built by the North British Locomotive Company from 1960- 1962. ...more on Wikipedia about "British Rail Class 43 (Warship Class)"
The British Rail Class 44 diesel locomotives were built by British Rail Derby Works from 1959 to 1960. ...more on Wikipedia about "British Rail Class 44"
The British Rail Class 45 also known as the Sulzer Type 4 diesel locomotives were built by British Railways at their Derby and Crewe Works between 1960 and 1962. They were the successors to the Class 44 locomotives. When initially put into service the locomotives were fitted with multi-unit working and steam heating boilers for passenger service. In the early 1970s 50 were fitted with electric train supply in place of their steam heating boilers, and assigned to work services on the Midland Main Line from London St Pancras to Nottingham, Derby and Sheffield. All were withdrawn from service by 1989. ...more on Wikipedia about "British Rail Class 45"
The British Rail Class 46 is a class of diesel locomotive. They were originally built from 1962 and numbered D138-D193. With the arrival of TOPS they were renumbered to Class 46. 56 locmotives were built, all of them were withdrawn by 1984. ...more on Wikipedia about "British Rail Class 46"
The British Rail Class 47 diesel locomotive also known as a Brush Type Four is a class of British locomotive. It was once the most numerous class, but numbers are now dwindling. ...more on Wikipedia about "British Rail Class 47"
The British Rail Class 50 is a diesel locomotive built from 1967- 68 by English Electric at their Vulcan Foundry Works in Newton-le-Willows. Fifty of these locomotives were built to haul express passenger trains on the northern half of the West Coast Main Line. Under the pre- 1968 classification system these locomotives were known as the English Electric Type 4. The class were affectionately nicknamed "Hoovers" by rail enthusiasts because of their distinctive engine sound. ...more on Wikipedia about "British Rail Class 50"
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. All were given two-word names with the first word being Western, and thus the type became known as Westerns. ...more on Wikipedia about "British Rail Class 52"
British Rail assigned Class 53 to the single Brush Traction-built prototype locomotive Falcon. While not in any sense a failure, the design was the victim of advances in locomotive technology (specifically, the power obtainable from single low-speed diesel engines) and was never duplicated. ...more on Wikipedia about "British Rail Class 53"
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 Britain's East Coast Main Line between London King's Cross and Edinburgh. ...more on Wikipedia about "British Rail Class 55"
The British Rail Class 56 is a Type 5 Co-Co diesel locomotive designed for heavy freight work. They were introduced between 1976 and 1983. The first 30 (56001-56030) were built by Electroputere in Romania, but these suffered from poor construction standards. The rest were built by BREL at Doncaster Works (56031 to 56115) and Crewe Works (56116 to 56135). Enthusiasts nicknamed them "Grids". ...more on Wikipedia about "British Rail Class 56" Pure www.shortopedia.com. Pure Information Power.
The British Rail Class 57 diesel locomotives were rebuilt by Brush Traction between 1997- 2004, as rebuilds with new engines of Class 47 locomotives. ...more on Wikipedia about "British Rail Class 57"
The British Rail Class 58 is a class of Co-Co diesel locomotive designed for heavy freight. Introduced in 1982, they followed American practice of modularisation. From new they were painted in grey Railfreight Sector livery, instead of BR blue. EWS withdrew them in the early 2000s, though some have been hired abroad and gone to the Netherlands, Spain, and France. ...more on Wikipedia about "British Rail Class 58"
The Class 59 Co-Co diesel locomotives were built by General Motors for private British companies, initially Foster Yeoman (59/0). They were designed for hauling heavy freight. EMD gave them the series code JT26CW-SS. ...more on Wikipedia about "British Rail Class 59"
In the mid 1980s British Rail was faced with an aging fleet of freight locomotives which required overhaul or replacement. As most were low powered, BR decided to take the replacement option, inviting tenders for a fleet of 100 type 5 freight locomotives. Part of the specification was an advanced traction control package, in response to the highly successful privately owned class 59s. ...more on Wikipedia about "British Rail Class 60"
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