#2907· Class 12
British Rail Class 12
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by British Rail· from 1949· diesel electric shunting locomotive
6 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. 15224 at Spa Valley Railway, Tunbridge Wells West depot: Helmut Zozmann· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 2. BR class 12 shunter 15224: train_photos· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 3. 15224 BR class 12 shunter - 20253824722: train_photos· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 4. 15224 BR class 12 shunter: train_photos· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 5. British Rail Class 12 15224 at Spa Valley Railway, Tunbridge Wells West depot - October 2014: Matthew Black· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 6. BR class 12 shunter 15224 - 20271441242: train_photos· CC BY-SA 2.0
what is it?
The British Rail Class 12 is a diesel locomotive built primarily for shunting duties around London.
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 77 years ago, in 1949.
- Served for 22 years (1949–1971).
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1949–1952
- in service from
- 1949
- retired
- 1971
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 26
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- British Rail, English Electric, Ashford Works
- operators
- British Rail, 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
- Dutch name
- Class 12
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q4970720, Wikipedia: British Rail Class 12 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.