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British Rail Class D1/1
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Hunslet Engine Company· from 1954· class of three 153hp diesel-mechanical shunting locomotives
what is it?
British Rail Class D1/1 (formerly DY1) was a class of shunting locomotives commissioned by British Rail in England. It was a diesel locomotive in the pre-TOPS period built by the Hunslet Engine Company with a 153 horsepower (114 kW) Gardner 6L3 engine.
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 72 years ago, in 1954.
- Served for 29 years (1954–1983).
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1954–1955
- in service from
- 1954
- retired
- 1983
- status
- retired
- number built
- 3
- kind
- Diesel-mechanical
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Hunslet Engine Company
- operators
- British Rail, Eastern Region of British Railways, North Eastern Region of British Railways
- top speed
- 23 km/h
- power
- 114 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-4-0DM
- length
- 6.1 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q4970879, Wikipedia: British Rail Class D1/1 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.