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British Rail Class 97/6
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Ruston & Hornsby· from 1953· class of 5 British 0-6-0de locomotives
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- 1. Rail-97651-amoswolfe: The original uploader was AmosWolfe at English Wikipedia .· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 2. 24.07.82 Radyr Yard 97651 (6001161649): Phil Richards from London, UK· CC BY-SA 2.0
what is it?
The British Rail Class 97/6 0-6-0 diesel shunting locomotives were purpose-built for departmental duties by Ruston & Hornsby at Lincoln in 1953 (97650) or 1959 (97651-654). There are minor technical differences between 97650 and the 1959 batch. This class of five locomotives is outwardly similar to the Class 04 diesels built around the same time, but internally they are quite different.
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 73 years ago, in 1953.
- Served for 52 years (1953–2005).
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1953–1959
- in service from
- 1953
- retired
- 2005
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 5
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Ruston & Hornsby
- top speed
- 32 km/h
- power
- 123 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-6-0
- length
- 7.3 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q4970874, Wikipedia: British Rail Class 97/6 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.