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British Rail Class 129
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Cravens Railway Carriage and Wagon Company· from 1958· class of 3 diesel parcels railcars built by Cravens
what is it?
The British Rail Class 129 was a class of single car diesel multiple units (DMU) built in 1955 for British Rail. Only three were built by Cravens and were introduced in 1958. The class was built for parcels traffic like the Class 128.
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 68 years ago, in 1958.
- 17.4 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 15 years (1958–1973).
multiple unit: A self-propelled train: motors are spread under the passenger cars, so no separate locomotive.
spec sheet
- built
- 1958
- in service from
- 1958
- retired
- 1973
- status
- retired
- number built
- 3
- kind
- multiple unit
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Cravens Railway Carriage and Wagon Company
- operators
- British Rail, London Midland Region of British Railways
- top speed
- 113 km/h
- power
- 224 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- formation
- Single car:, DMLV, Driving Motor Luggage Van
- length
- 17.4 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q4970729, Wikipedia: British Rail Class 129 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.