#3652· Class 17
British Rail Class 17
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Clayton Equipment Company· from 1962· British diesel-electric locomotive
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10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. D8568 - Gloucester (11454391016): Jim· CC BY 2.0
- 2. Clayton Type 1 D8524 (8393190220): Hugh Llewelyn· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 3. 04.08.91 Gloucester Depot D8568: Phil Richards· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. 13-05-23 Swanage Railway Diesel Gala 05: The Basingstoker· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 5. 13-05-23 Swanage Railway Diesel Gala 10: The Basingstoker· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 6. 13-05-23 Swanage Railway Diesel Gala 16: The Basingstoker· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 7. 13-05-23 Swanage Railway Diesel Gala 17: The Basingstoker· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 8. 13-05-23 Swanage Railway Diesel Gala 21: The Basingstoker· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 9. D8552 at Glasgow Works: Paul Miller· Attribution
- 10. D8574 at Glasgow: Paul Miller· Attribution
what is it?
The British Rail Class 17 (also known as the Clayton Type 1) was a class of 117 Bo-Bo diesel-electric locomotives built 1962–1965 by Clayton Equipment Company and their sub-contractor Beyer, Peacock & Co., on behalf of British Railways (BR). During the 1950s and 1960s BR procured a wide range of Type 1 diesel locomotives, many of them under the Pilot Scheme. However, several officials felt that the single-cabbed arrangement used by the majority of Type 1s presented drivers with visibility difficulties in the 'less convenient' direction.
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 64 years ago, in 1962.
- 336 kW is about 4 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- 15.2 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 9 years (1962–1971).
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1962–1965
- in service from
- 1962
- retired
- 1971
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 117
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Clayton Equipment Company, Beyer, Peacock and Company
- operators
- British Rail, London Midland Region of British Railways, North Eastern Region of British Railways, Scottish Region of British Railways
- top speed
- 97 km/h
- power
- 336 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Bo′Bo′
- length
- 15.2 m
- Dutch name
- Class 17
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q4970741, Wikipedia: British Rail Class 17 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.