British Rail 10100

what is it?

British Railways 10100 was an unusual experimental diesel locomotive known informally as the Fell diesel locomotive, after Lt Col L. F. R. Fell who was one of the designers. It was the joint production of Davey Paxman & Co, Shell Refining & Marketing Co and Lt Col L. F. R. Fell, built for them by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway at Derby. Sir Harry Ricardo was also involved.

who runs it

British RailLMLondon Midland Region of British Railways

base stats

• speed 135 km/htop speed
• power 1.5 MWpower output
• built 1made 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 75 years ago, in 1951.
• 🚗1.5 MW is about 18 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
• 📏15.2 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
• ⌛Served for 8 years (1950–1958).

diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).

spec sheet

built

1951

in service from

1950

retired

1958

status

retired

number built

1

kind

Diesel-mechanical

traction

diesel

origin

🇬🇧 United Kingdom

builders

London, Midland and Scottish Railway, Derby Works

operators

British Rail, London Midland Region of British Railways

top speed

135 km/h

power

1.5 MW

gauge

1,435 mm standard gauge

wheel arrangement

4-8-4

length

15.2 m

nicknames

Fell Diesel Locomotive

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.