British Rail Class 98

what is it?

The British Rail Class 98 is a Total Operations Processing System (TOPS) classification that has normally been used to cover all steam locomotives used on the mainline in Britain, but also has a particular usage for the three Vale of Rheidol Railway-design 2-6-2T locomotives that remained in the ownership of British Rail (BR) after the end of mainline steam traction in August 1968. The locomotives on the Vale of Rheidol Railway were the only steam locomotives ever officially to carry the British Rail corporate blue and the double arrow logo. The number 98010 was assigned to an 0-6-0DH locomotive acquired by BR in 1987.

spec sheet

built

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number built

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kind

steam locomotive

traction

steam

origin

🇬🇧 United Kingdom

builders

Unknown builder

top speed

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power

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From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.