British Rail Class D2/1 Explained

British Rail Class D2/1
Powertype:Diesel-hydraulic
Fleetnumbers:11700-11707; D2700–D2707 from 1958 to 1960
Builder:North British Locomotive Company
Serialnumber:27100–27102, 27431–27435
Builddate:1953–1956
Totalproduction:8
Primemover:Paxman 6RPH
Transmission:Hydraulic, Voith
Whytetype:0-4-0DH
Uicclass:B
Wheeldiameter:3feet
Trainbrakes:None
Locoweight:32LT
Maxspeed:14.51NaN1
Poweroutput:200bhp
Tractiveeffort:21500lbf
Trainheating:None
Multipleworking:Not fitted
Axleloadclass:Route availability 3
Operator:British Railways
Operatorclass:DY11; later D2/1; later 2/4A
Withdrawndate:1963–1968
Disposition:All scrapped

British Rail Class D2/1 was a locomotive commissioned by British Rail in England. It was a diesel powered locomotive in the pre-TOPS period built by the North British Locomotive Company with a Paxman engine. Eight locomotives were built and they were numbered D2700-D2707.[1]

River Eden the shunter at RAF Leuchars was built to the same specification as the D2/1[2] and is preserved at Fife Heritage Railway.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: D2/1 0-4-0 . Brdatabase.info . 2022-08-04.
  2. Web site: Volunteer.