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British Rail Class D3/1
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by North British Locomotive Company· from 1958· class of 14 330-hp diesel-hydraulic shunting locomotives
what is it?
British Rail Class D3/1 was a locomotive commissioned by British Rail in England. It was a diesel powered locomotive in the pre-TOPS period built by the North British Locomotive Company. The NBL/MAN engines were built by the North British Locomotive Company in Scotland under licence from the German company MAN. They were introduced in 1958 and numbered D2900-D2913.
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.
- Served for 9 years (1958–1967).
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1958–1959
- in service from
- 1958
- retired
- 1967
- status
- retired
- number built
- 14
- kind
- Diesel-hydraulic
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- North British Locomotive Company
- operators
- British Rail, Eastern Region of British Railways, London Midland Region of British Railways
- top speed
- 32 km/h
- power
- 246 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-4-0 DH
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q4970893, Wikipedia: British Rail Class D3/1 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.