#3462· Class 09
British Rail Class 09
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by British Rail· from 1959· class of 350 hp diesel-electric shunting locomotives
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6 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. 09001 gronk: Murgatroyd49· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. 09 008 Coalville Open Day 25th may 1991: kitmasterbloke· CC BY 2.0
- 3. 09001 at Swindon in Nov 1992 (1): Terry Fougler· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 4. 09001 at Swindon in Nov 1992 (2): Terry Fougler· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 5. 09010 at Sheerness taken during Southern Electric Group, The French Connection on 31 Aug 1991: The Basingstoker· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 6. 09003 at Newport - 5338587536: Tutenkhamun Sleeping· CC BY 2.0
what is it?
The British Rail Class 09 is a class of 0-6-0 diesel locomotive designed primarily for shunting and short-distance freight trips along branch lines. The 26 locos are nearly identical to the more numerous Class 08 shunting locomotives but have different gearing, giving a higher top speed of 27.5 mph (44 km/h) at the expense of a lower tractive effort. They were introduced from 1959 to 1962 and latterly operated in the Southern Region of British Railways, although some of the class were originally allocated to depots in the Midlands and North.
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 67 years ago, in 1959.
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1959–1962
- retired
- 1981
- status
- in service
- number built
- 26
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- British Rail, Horwich Works, Darlington Works
- operators
- Southern Region of British Railways
- top speed
- 44 km/h
- power
- 261 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-6-0
- length
- 8.8 m
- nicknames
- Gronk, Supergronk
- Dutch name
- Class 09
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q4970692, Wikipedia: British Rail Class 09 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.