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British Rail Class D3/11
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Swindon Works· from 1948· class of 6 350hp diesel-electric shunting locomotives
what is it?
British Rail Class D3/11 were six diesel shunters designed by the Great Western Railway but completed by its successor, British Railways, in 1948. Ordered on Swindon Lot 364, they were intended to be given GWR numbers 502–7, but were delivered to British Railways as nos. 15101–6.
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 78 years ago, in 1948.
- Served for 19 years (1948–1967).
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1948
- in service from
- 1948
- retired
- 1967
- status
- retired
- number built
- 6
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Swindon Works
- operators
- British Rail, Western Region of British Railways, London Midland Region of British Railways
- top speed
- 32 km/h
- power
- 261 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- 0-6-0DE
- length
- 8.8 m
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q4970897, Wikipedia: British Rail Class D3/11 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.