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British Rail Class D3/10
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company· from 1935· class of 1 350hp diesel-electric shunting locomotive
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. British Rail Class D3 10 No. 15100: Alan Murray-Rust· CC BY-SA 2.0
what is it?
British Rail Class D3/10 was a single experimental diesel-electric shunter locomotive commissioned by the Great Western Railway (GWR), and later taken over by British Railways.
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 91 years ago, in 1935.
- Served for 29 years (1936–1965).
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1935
- in service from
- 1936
- retired
- 1965
- status
- retired
- number built
- 1
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie and Company
- operators
- Great Western Railway, British Rail, Western Region of British Railways
- top speed
- 31 km/h
- power
- 261 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-6-0
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q4970895, Wikipedia: British Rail Class D3/10 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.