#4501· Class 58
British Rail Class 58
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by British Rail Engineering Limited· from 1983· class of 50 Co′Co′ 3300 hp diesel-electric locomotives
10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. ACTS 5812: Maurits90· Public domain
- 2. 5883861124 ea8c492394 steve Jones: Steve Jones· CC BY 2.0
- 3. Class 58 LGV Rhin-Rhône: Babskwal· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 4. 20154 class 58 47193 and 31128: train_photos· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 5. 58045 at Rugby - 5643527066: Tutenkhamun Sleeping· CC BY 2.0
- 6. 58045 at Rugby 2: Tutenkhamun Sleeping· CC BY 2.0
- 7. 58045 at Rugby: Tutenkhamun Sleeping· CC BY 2.0
- 8. At Ecclesbourne Valley Railway 2023 063: Photograph by Mike Peel ( www.mikepeel.net ).· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 9. At Ecclesbourne Valley Railway 2023 064: Photograph by Mike Peel ( www.mikepeel.net ).· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 10. At Ecclesbourne Valley Railway 2023 065: Photograph by Mike Peel ( www.mikepeel.net ).· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
The British Rail Class 58 is a class of Co-Co diesel locomotive designed for heavy freight. The narrow body with cabs at either end led to them being given the nickname "Bone" by rail enthusiasts. Their design represented a major departure from British conventions of construction; amongst the innovations was the adoption of the American practice of modularisation.
who runs it
base stats
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 43 years ago, in 1983.
- 19.1 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
- 1983–1987
- in service from
- 1983
- number built
- 50
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- British Rail Engineering Limited, Doncaster Works
- operators
- British Rail
- top speed
- 130 km/h
- power
- —
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Co′Co′
- length
- 19.1 m
- nicknames
- Bone
- Dutch name
- Class 58
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1530790, Wikipedia: British Rail Class 58 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.