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LMS diesel shunters 7059-7068

🇧🇪 Belgium ·built by Armstrong Whitworth· from 1936· class of 10 British 0-6-0de shunting locomotives

what is it?

LMS diesel shunters 7059–7068 were 0-6-0 diesel-electric shunters built by Armstrong Whitworth in 1936. Maker's numbers D54-D63. The diesel engine was an Armstrong-Sulzer 6LTD22 of 350 bhp (260 kW) at 875 rpm (400 bhp (300 kW) at 1,000 rpm on overload).

who runs it

London, Midland and Scottish Railway War Department Nederlandse Spoorwegen Egyptian National Railways SNCB/NMBS

base stats

speed 32 km/htop speed
power 261 kWpower output
built 10made 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 90 years ago, in 1936.
9.5 m long: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
Served for 30 years (1936–1966).

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

spec sheet

built: 1936
in service from: 1936
retired: 1966
status: retired
number built: 10
kind: Diesel-electric
traction: diesel
origin: 🇧🇪 Belgium
builders: Armstrong Whitworth
operators: London, Midland and Scottish Railway, War Department, Nederlandse Spoorwegen, Egyptian National Railways, SNCB/NMBS
top speed: 32 km/h
power: 261 kW
gauge: 1,435 mm standard gauge
wheel arrangement: 0-6-0
length: 9.5 m

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

Sources: Wikidata Q6459195, Wikipedia: LMS diesel shunters 7059-7068 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.