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British Rail Class D16/1
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by London, Midland and Scottish Railway· from 1947· class of diesel electric locomotives
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- 1. Chinley EX 30: Unknown author Unknown author· CC BY-SA 4.0
what is it?
LMS No. 10000 and 10001 were some of the first mainline diesel locomotives built in Great Britain. They were built in association with English Electric by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway at its Derby Works, using an English Electric 1,600 hp diesel engine, generator and electrics.
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 79 years ago, in 1947.
- Top speed is 1.2× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- 1.3 MW is about 15 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 22 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 18.6 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 19 years (1947–1966).
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1947–1948
- in service from
- 1947
- retired
- 1966
- status
- retired
- number built
- 2
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- London, Midland and Scottish Railway, Derby Works
- operators
- London, Midland and Scottish Railway, British Rail, London Midland Region of British Railways, Southern Region of British Railways
- top speed
- 150 km/h
- power
- 1.3 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Co′Co′
- length
- 18.6 m
- weight
- 129 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q4970881, Wikipedia: British Rail Class D16/1 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.