British Rail Class D2/1

Type and origin
Power type	Diesel-hydraulic
Builder	North British Locomotive Company
Serial number	27100–27102, 27431–27435
Build date	1953–1956
Total produced	8

Specifications
Configuration	0-4-0 DH
UIC class	B
Gauge	4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Wheel diameter	3 ft 6 in (1.067 m)
Loco weight	32.00 long tons (32.51 t; 35.84 short tons)
Prime mover	Paxman 6RPH
Transmission	Hydraulic, Voith
MU working	Not fitted
Train heating	None
Train brakes	None

Performance figures
Maximum speed	14.5 mph (23.3 km/h)
Power output	200 bhp (149 kW)
Tractive effort	21,500 lbf (95.6 kN)

Career
Operators	British Railways
Class	DY11; later D2/1; later 2/4A
Numbers	11700-11707; D2700–D2707 from 1958 to 1960
Axle load class	Route availability 3
Retired	1963–1968

British Rail Class D2/1 was a locomotive commissioned by British Rail in England. It was a diesel powered locomotive in the pre-TOPS period built by the North British Locomotive Company with a Paxman engine.

Sources

Ian Allan ABC of British Railways Locomotives (Winter 1962/3 ed.). p. 201.

British railway locomotives and miscellany, 1948 to present

Diesel shunters	01 01/5 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13

Diesel shunters (pre-TOPS)	11001 11104 15107 13000 D1/1 D1/2 D1/3 D1/4 D2/1 D2/2 D2/3 D2/4 D2/5 D2/6 D2/7 D2/8 D2/9 D2/10 D2/11 D2/12 D3/1 D3/2 D3/3 D3/4 D3/5 D3/6 D3/7 D3/8 D3/9 D3/10 D3/11 D3/12 D3/13 D3/14

Main-line diesels:	14 15 16 17 18 20 21 (I) 21 (II) 22 (I) 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 33 35 37 38 40 41 (I) 41 (II) 41 (III) 42 43 (I) 43 (II) 44 45 46 47 48 (I) 48 (II) 50 51 52 53 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 65 66 67 68 70 (II)

Main-line diesels (pre-TOPS)	10000–10001 10100 10201–10203 10800 D8/1 D8/2 D10/1 D10/2 D10/3 D11/1 D11/2 D11/3 D11/4 D11/5 D12/1 D12/2 D12/3 D13/1 D14/1 D14/2 D15/1 D15/2 D16/1 D16/2 D17/1 D17/2 D20/1 D20/2 D22/1 D22/2 D23/1 D25/1 D27/1 D33/1

Electrics	22 (II) 70 (I) 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 (I) 88 (II) 89 90 91 92 93

Electrics (pre-TOPS)	AL1 AL2 AL3 AL4 AL5 AL6 EB1 EE1 EF1 EM1 EM2 ES1 HA HB JA JB

Departmental	97 97/6 Eastern Southern Other Series

Prototypes	15097–15099 18000 18100 D0226/D0227 D0260 D0280 D2999 DHP1 DP1 DP2 GT3 HS4000 Janus Taurus

Steam locomotives	98

Ships	99

Lists: Diesel locomotives Electric locomotives Miscellaneous locomotives Diesel multiple units Electric multiple units Departmental multiple units Steam Locomotives

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/29/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.

British Rail Class D2/1

See also

Sources