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British Rail British Railways (BR), later rebranded as British Rail, ran the British railway system from the nationalisation of the 'Big Four' British railway companies in 1948 until its privatisation in stages between 1994 and 1997.
This period saw massive changes in the nature of the railway network: steam traction was eliminated in favour of diesel and electric power, passengers replaced freight as the main source of business, and the network was severely rationalised.
British Rail assigned Class 53 to the single Brush Traction-built prototype locomotive Falcon. While not in any sense a failure, the design was the victim of advances in locomotive technology (specifically, the power obtainable from single low-speed diesel engines) and was never duplicated.
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List Of British Rail Classes A wide variety of Locomotives and Multiple units have been operated on Great Britain's railway network. This page lists every locomotive and multiple unit allocated a TOPS classification and all modern traction (e.g. diesel, electric, gas, petrol) stock used on the mainline network since 1948 (i.e British Rail and post-privatisation). It excludes coaching stock, modern traction used prior to 1948 and steam locomotives used prior to 1968. Links to lists of these types can be found at the bottom of the page.
British Rail assigned Class 55 to the twenty-two English Electric Type 5 express diesel locomotives built in 1961/2 and used for high-speed service on Britain's East Coast Main Line between London Kings Cross and Edinburgh.
British Rail assigned Class 52 to the class of 74 large Type 4 diesel-hydraulic locomotives built for the Western Region of British Railways between 1961 and 1964. All were given two-word names with the first word being Western, and thus the type became known as Westerns.
The Diesel-Hydraulic Experiment:
British Rail Class 01 British Rail's Class 01 diesel locomotives were a short wheelbase 0-4-0 design for limited clearance operations. Five examples were built by Andrew Barclay of Kilmarnock (Scotland) between 1956 and 1958. They were numbered 11503-11506 then D2953-2956, and two entered the BR TOPS system as 01 001 (D2954) and 01 002 (D2955). The fifth locomotive, departmental stock (maintenance work) No. 81 was renumbered D2956 in July 1967 after the original D2956 had been withdrawn. Their original depot allocation was to Stratford (30A).
British Rail Class 02 The British Rail Class 02 were a class of twenty 0-4-0 diesel-hydraulic shunting locomotives built by the Yorkshire Engine Company in 1960 (first ten, D2850-D2859) and 1961 (D2860-D2869) for service in areas of restricted loading gauge and curvature such as docks. They had the door to the cab at the rear, with a railed veranda behind the cab; this feature was unique to the Class 02 in the United Kingdom, although this layout is common in North American practice.
British Rail Class 03 The British Rail Class 03 locomotive is, together with Class 04, one of BR's most successful smaller 0-6-0 diesel-mechanical shunters. The class, numbering 230 examples, was built by British Railways' Swindon and Doncaster works in 1957-1962 and numbered D2000-D2399 (later 03004 to 03399). D2370 and D2371 were used as departmental locomotives and numbered 91 and 92 respectively.
British Rail Class 04 The British Rail Class 04 0-6-0 diesel-mechanical shunting locomotive class, built between 1957 and 1962, were very similar to the Class 03 but were built by private industry rather than the British Railways workshops. Early locomotives were built by Drewry while later examples were built by Robert Stephenson & Hawthorne. Mechanically, they were almost identical to the Class 03, with the same Gardner engine and the same overall layout, albeit with an epicyclic gearbox, unlike the 03. They had a straight bonnet (US: hood) from the front to the rear-mounted cab, unlike the 03's that bulged higher towards the rear, and the cab's rounded roof met the sides at an angle instead of with a curve as in the 03's, with a lip all the way round.
British Rail Class 05 Built for use on the Eastern & Scottish Region. A 0-6-0 diesel-mechanical shunter built by Hunslet Engine Company, 1955-61. Numbered 11136-11176, later D2500-D2619; D2554 was given the TOPS number 05001 and then went to Departmental Stock and was numbered 97 803 on 25/01/81; D2612 & D2615 were used as Departmental stock and numbered 88 & 89 respectively.