#3210· Class 10

British Rail Class 10

🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by British Rail· from 1955· class of 350 hp diesel-elctric shunting locomotives

10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences

1. D3452 at Bodmin: Phil Scott ( Our Phellap )· CC BY-SA 3.0
2. Class 10 D3634 (8312215384): Hugh Llewelyn· CC BY-SA 2.0
3. Colonel Tomline D3489: Geof Sheppard· CC BY-SA 4.0
4. Class 10 D3452 & GWR 2-8-0T 4247, Bodmin MPD, June 2006 P6060011 (9931494234): Gillett's Crossing from Bristol, United Kingdom· CC BY 2.0
5. GWR 0-6-0PT 4612, Class 08 & GWR 2-8-0T 4247, Bodmin MPD, June 2006 P6060010 (9931469656): Gillett's Crossing from Bristol, United Kingdom· CC BY 2.0
6. Bodmin General class 10 D3452: Geof Sheppard· CC BY-SA 4.0
7. British Rail Class 10 D3452 at Bodmin General: Hugh Llewelyn· CC BY-SA 2.0
8. Class 10 Shunter. D3452 - October 2011: Paul Turner· CC BY-SA 2.0
9. Felixstowe Dock - D3489 Colonel Tomline: Geof Sheppard· CC BY-SA 4.0
10. D3489 Colonel Tomline in Felixstowe Docks 1995: Steve Knight· CC BY 2.0

what is it?

The British Rail Class 10 diesel locomotives are a variant of the standard Class 08 diesel-electric shunter with a Lister Blackstone diesel engine and General Electric Company plc (GEC) traction motors. The locomotives were built at the BR Works in Darlington and Doncaster over the period 1955–1962, and were withdrawn between February 1967 and June 1972.

who runs it

British Rail Eastern Region of British Railways London Midland Region of British Railways Western Region of British Railways North Eastern Region of British Railways

base stats

speed 32 km/htop speed
power 261 kWpower output
built 146made 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 71 years ago, in 1955.

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

spec sheet

built: 1955–1962
retired: 1972
status: preserved
number built: 146
kind: Diesel-electric
traction: diesel
origin: 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
builders: British Rail, Doncaster Works, Darlington Works
operators: British Rail, Eastern Region of British Railways, London Midland Region of British Railways, Western Region of British Railways, North Eastern Region of British Railways
top speed: 32 km/h
power: 261 kW
gauge: 1,435 mm standard gauge
wheel arrangement: 0-6-0
length: 8.8 m
Dutch name: Class 10

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

Sources: Wikidata Q4970694, Wikipedia: British Rail Class 10 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.