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British Rail Class D3/3
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by British Rail· from 1955· class of 350 hp diesel-electric shunting locomotives
what is it?
British Rail Class D3/3 was a 0-6-0 shunting locomotive built by British Rail at their Derby Works in England. It was similar to the British Rail Class 08, except they were built with different engines and traction motors. They were all withdrawn and scrapped after only twelve years of service.
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 71 years ago, in 1955.
- Served for 12 years (1955–1967).
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1955
- in service from
- 1955
- retired
- 1967
- status
- retired
- number built
- 10
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- British Rail, Derby Works
- operators
- British Rail, London Midland Region of British Railways
- top speed
- 32 km/h
- power
- 261 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-6-0 DE
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q4970903, Wikipedia: British Rail Class D3/3 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.