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British Rail Class D2/12
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Hudswell, Clarke and Company Limited· from 1961· class of 10 204hp diesel-mechanical shunting locomotives
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3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Hudswell-Clarke 0-6-0 D2511, K&WVR, November 2012 Photo04 2 (9859813135): Gillett's Crossing from Bristol, United Kingdom· CC BY 2.0
- 2. D2511 (30661503240): Hugh Llewelyn from Keynsham, UK· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 3. British Rail Class D212 D2511 at Oxenhope during The Keighley & Worth Valley Railway Railcar Gala 281023: The Basingstoker· CC BY-SA 2.0
what is it?
British Rail Class D2/12 was a class of ten locomotives commissioned by British Railways in England. They were diesel powered locomotives in the pre-TOPS period built by Hudswell Clarke with a Gardner engine. The mechanical transmission, using a scoop control fluid coupling and four-speed Power-flow SSS (synchro-self-shifting) gearbox, was a Hudswell Clarke speciality.
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 65 years ago, in 1961.
- Served for 6 years (1961–1967).
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1961
- in service from
- 1961
- retired
- 1967
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 10
- kind
- Diesel-mechanical
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Hudswell, Clarke and Company Limited
- operators
- British Rail, London Midland Region of British Railways
- top speed
- 39 km/h
- power
- 152 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-6-0 DM
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q4970888, Wikipedia: British Rail Class D2/12 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.