British Rail Class 10

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BR Class 10
TOPS numbers None
Early numbers 13137-13166; later D3137-D3166,
D3439-D3453, D3473-D3502,
D3612-DD3651, D4049-D4094
Builder BR Darlington or Doncaster
Introduced 1953-62
Wheel Arrangement 0-6-0
Weight 48 t 12 cwt 49.4 t
Height 12 ft 8 5/8 in 3.88 m
Width 8 ft 6 in 2.59 m
Length 29 ft 3 in 8.82 m
Wheel Dia. 4 ft 6 in 1.37 m
Wheel Base 5 ft 9 in + 5 ft 9 in 1.75 + 1.75 m
Minimum radius
Maximum speed 20 mph 32 km/h
Engine output 350 hp 260 kW
Max. Tractive Effort 35,000 lbf 156 kN
Cont. Tractive Effort 11,100 lbf at 8.8 mph 49 kN at 14 km/h
Brake type Vacuum
Brake force
Route availability
Fuel Tank 668 imp gal 3,040 litre
Heating type None

The British Rail Class 10 railway locomotive was a variation on the Class 08 diesel-electric shunter in which the English Electric engine was replaced by a Blackstone engine and traction motors were either GEC or BTH. The locomotives were built at the BR Works in Darlington and Doncaster over the period 1953-62.

The engine is a Blackstone 6-cyl., 4-stroke, ER6T. Traction motors are either 2 x BTH [D3152-D3166] motors or 2 x GEC nose suspended motors.

Class 10, no. D3452, at Bodmin on 28 August 2003. This locomotive is preserved on the Bodmin & Wenford Railway.


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Classes: 01 - 01/5 - 02 - 03 - 04 - 05 - 06 - 07 - 08 - 09 - 10 - 11 - 12 - 13 - 14
Pre-TOPS type: D1/1 - D1/2 - D1/3 - D1/4 - D2/1 - D2/2 - D2/3 - D2/4 - D2/5 - D2/6 - D2/7 - D2/8 - D2/9 -
D2/10 - D2/11 - D2/12 - D3/1 - D3/2 - D3/3 - D3/4 - D3/5 - D3/6 - D3/7 - D3/8 - D3/9 -
D3/10 - D3/11 - D3/12 - D3/13 - D3/14
Pre-1955 type: 11001 - 11104 - 15107 - 13000
Main-line diesel locomotives
Classes: 15 - 16 - 17 - 20 - 21 - 21 (Vossloh) - 22 - 23 - 24 - 25 - 26 - 27 - 28 - 29 - 30 - 31 - 33 - 35 -
37 - 40 - 41 (Warship Class) - 41 (HST) - 42 - 43 (Warship Class) - 43 (HST) - 44 - 45 - 46
47 - 48 - 50 - 52 - 53 - 55 - 56 - 57 - 58 - 59 - 60 - 66 - 67
Pre-TOPS type: D8/1 - D8/2 - D10/1 - D10/2 - D10/3 - D11/1 - D11/2 - D11/3 - D11/4 - D11/5 - D12/1 -
D12/2 - D12/3 - D13/1 - D14/1 - D14/2 - D15/1 - D15/2 - D16/1 - D16/2 - D17/1 - D17/2 -
D20/1 - D20/2 - D22/1 - D22/2 - D23/1 - D25/1 - D27/1 - D33/1 - KA - KB
Pre-1955 type: 10000-10001 - 10100 - 10201-10203 - 10800
Electric locomotives
Classes: 70 - 71 - 73 - 74 - 76 - 77 - 80 - 81 - 82 - 83 - 84 - 85 - 86 - 87 - 89 - 90 - 91 - 92
Pre-TOPS type: AL1 - AL2 - AL3 - AL4 - AL5 - AL6 - EB1 - EE1 - EM1 - EM2 - ES1 - HA - HB - JA - JB
Other locomotives
Departmental: 97 - 97/6 - Eastern - Southern - Other Series
Other: 98 - 99 - 15097-15099 - 18000 - 18100
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