British Rail Class D3/5

what is it?

British Rail Class D3/5 was a shunting locomotive built by British Rail at their Darlington Works in England. It was a diesel powered locomotive in the pre-TOPS period and the class was numbered 13152–13166 (later renumbered D3152-D3166). They were similar to Class D3/4 (TOPS Class 10, numbers 13137–13151 / D3137–D3151), but had electrical equipment from British Thomson-Houston rather than GEC. All fifteen locomotives were withdrawn between February and December 1967.

who runs it

British RailEREastern Region of British RailwaysLMLondon Midland Region of British Railways

base stats

• speed 32 km/htop speed
• power 261 kWpower output
• built 15made 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.
• ⌛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

15

kind

Diesel-electric

traction

diesel

origin

🇬🇧 United Kingdom

builders

British Rail, Darlington Works

operators

British Rail, Eastern Region of British Railways, 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.