#5131· Class 67

British Rail Class 67

🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Alstom· from 1999· class of 30 Bo′Bo′ diesel-electric locomotives

10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences

1. 67017 'Arrow' at Plymouth: Phil Scott ( Our Phellap )· CC BY-SA 3.0
2. Kingswear - DB Cargo 67030 on the level crossing: Geof Sheppard· CC BY-SA 4.0
3. Alstom General Motors Class 67 No 67003 (7786994576): Peter Broster· CC BY 2.0
4. 67005 Kings Messenger new plates: kitmasterbloke· CC BY 4.0
5. 67006 London Victoria to Folkstone West return: train_photos· CC BY-SA 2.0
6. 67018 Keith Heller: train_photos· CC BY-SA 2.0
7. 67026 London Victoria to Canterbury West - 13138174614: train_photos· CC BY-SA 2.0
8. 67026 London Victoria to Folkstone West return: train_photos· CC BY-SA 2.0
9. Arrow 67017: Geof Sheppard· CC BY-SA 4.0
10. 67005 at Kings Cross 6: Oxyman· CC BY 2.5

what is it?

The Class 67 locomotives are a class of Bo-Bo diesel-electric locomotives that were built for the English Welsh & Scottish Railway (EWS) between 1999 and 2000 by Alstom at Meinfesa in Valencia, Spain with drive components (engine, generator and traction motors) from General Motors' Electro-Motive Division.

who runs it

DB Cargo Chiltern Railways Wrexham & Shropshire British Royal Train

base stats

speed 201 km/htop speed
power 2.4 MWpower output
built 30made in total

Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.

fun facts

First built 27 years ago, in 1999.
Top speed is 1.5× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
At full speed it would cover Amsterdam–Utrecht (≈ 40 km) in 12 minutes.
2.4 MW is about 28 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
19.7 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.

diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).

spec sheet

built: 1999–2000
number built: 30
kind: Diesel-electric
traction: diesel
origin: 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
builders: Alstom, Stadler Rail Valencia
operators: DB Cargo, Chiltern Railways, Wrexham & Shropshire, British Royal Train
top speed: 201 km/h
power: 2.4 MW
gauge: 1,435 mm standard gauge
wheel arrangement: Bo′Bo′
length: 19.7 m
Dutch name: Class 67

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.

family

Sources: Wikidata Q2975732, Wikipedia: British Rail Class 67 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.