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Yorkshire Engine Company Taurus and Indus
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Yorkshire Engine Company· from 1961· two related models of 0-8-0dh locomotives
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what is it?
The Yorkshire Engine Company Taurus and Indus locomotives were two very similar lines of 0-8-0, diesel-hydraulic locomotives that weighed 58 tons and had a maximum speed of 36 mph (58 km/h). The two Rolls-Royce C8SFL diesel engines gave a total of 600 hp (450 kW). The transmission of the Taurus locomotives worked on a similar principle to that of the Fell diesel tested during the early 1950s.
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 65 years ago, in 1961.
- 447 kW is about 5 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1961–1963
- status
- preserved
- number built
- 4
- kind
- Diesel-hydraulic
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Yorkshire Engine Company
- operators
- Red Nacional de los Ferrocarriles Españoles, Richard Thomas and Baldwins
- top speed
- 90 km/h
- power
- 447 kW
- wheel arrangement
- D
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q17020777, Wikipedia: Yorkshire Engine Company Taurus and Indus (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.