#3398· Class 16
British Rail Class 16
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by North British Locomotive Company· from 1958· class of 10 Bo′Bo′ 800hp diesel-electric locomotives
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4 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. North British Type 1 D8404 (8315657164): Hugh Llewelyn· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 2. North British Type 1 D8403 (8314604715): Hugh Llewelyn· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 3. North British Type 1 (later Class 16) of the Pilot Scheme 800hp Bo-Bo No.D8403: hugh llewelyn· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 4. North British Type 1 (later Class 16) of the Pilot Scheme 800hp Bo-Bo No.D8404: hugh llewelyn· CC BY-SA 2.0
what is it?
The British Rail Class 16 also known as the North British Type 1 was a type of diesel locomotive designed and manufactured by the North British Locomotive Company. A total of ten were produced, these being numbered D8400-D8409. The type was ordered by British Railways (BR) as an element of the 1955 Modernisation Plan.
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.
- 597 kW is about 7 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- 12.8 m long: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
- Served for 10 years (1958–1968).
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1958
- in service from
- 1958
- retired
- 1968
- status
- retired
- number built
- 10
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- North British Locomotive Company
- operators
- British Rail, Eastern Region of British Railways
- top speed
- 97 km/h
- power
- 597 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- Bo′Bo′
- length
- 12.8 m
- Dutch name
- Class 16
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q258677, Wikipedia: British Rail Class 16 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.