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British Rail Class 10

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Power type
  
Diesel-electric

Total produced
  
146

UIC class
  
C

Build date
  
1955–1962

Configuration
  
0-6-0

British Rail Class 10

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

Contents

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

  • Engine: Blackstone 6-cylinder, 4-stroke, ER6T
  • Traction motors: 2 x GEC nose suspended motors

    • Withdrawn

    The class were withdrawn between February 1967 and June 1972.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:

  • D3452 at Bodmin and Wenford Railway
  • D3489 at Spa Valley Railway
  • D4067 at Great Central Railway
  • D4092 at Barrow Hill Engine Shed
  • A fifth example was stored on the Colne Valley Railway, though has since been scrapped.

    • References

    British Rail Class 10 Wikipedia
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