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British Rail Class D1/3
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Ruston & Hornsby· from 1956· class of two 165hp diesel-mechanical shunting locomotives
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- 1. Ruston & Hornsby D2958 (8311338665): Hugh Llewelyn· CC BY-SA 2.0
what is it?
British Rail Class D1/3 (formerly DY5) was a locomotive class commissioned by British Rail in England. It was a diesel powered locomotive in the pre-TOPS period built by Ruston & Hornsby at their Iron Works in Lincoln. In appearance, it was similar to British Rail Class 97/6, but with an 0-4-0 wheel arrangement.
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 70 years ago, in 1956.
- Served for 12 years (1956–1968).
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1956
- in service from
- 1956
- retired
- 1968
- status
- retired
- number built
- 2
- kind
- Diesel-mechanical
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Ruston & Hornsby
- operators
- British Rail, Eastern Region of British Railways
- top speed
- 24 km/h
- power
- 123 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-4-0 DM
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q4970880, Wikipedia: British Rail Class D1/3 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.