Power type Diesel-electric Total produced 146 UIC class C | Build date 1955–1962 | |
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Builder BR Darlington Works (140) and Doncaster Works (6) | ||
The British Rail Class 10 diesel locomotive was a variation on the Class 08 diesel-electric shunter in which a Blackstone diesel engine was fitted instead of one made by the English Electric company. Traction motors were by the General Electric Company plc (GEC); the class D3/5 were similar, but had British Thomson-Houston (BTH) traction motors
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The locomotives were built at the BR Works in Darlington and Doncaster over the period 1955–1962. At first they were classified D3/4, then 3/1C before becoming Class 10 under TOPS
Technical details
Withdrawn
The class were withdrawn between February 1967 and June 1972.
Preservation
Twenty locomotives were sold to industrial customers; of which, four have been preserved:
References
British Rail Class 10 Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA