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British Rail Class 26 information


BRCW Type 2
British Rail Class 26
26037 at Carlisle in the 1980s[when?]
Type and origin
Power typeDiesel-electric
BuilderBirmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Company
Serial numberDEL45–DEL91
Build date1958–1959
Total produced47
Specifications
Configuration:
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 • UICBo'Bo'
 • CommonwealthBo-Bo
Gauge4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Wheel diameter3 ft 7 in (1.092 m)
Minimum curve5 chains (100 m)
Wheelbase39 ft 0 in (11.89 m)
Length50 ft 9 in (15.47 m)
Width8 ft 10 in (2.69 m)
Height12 ft 8 in (3.86 m)
Loco weightD5300–D5319: 77.5 long tons (78.7 t; 86.8 short tons)
D5320–D5346: 74 long tons (75.2 t; 82.9 short tons)
Fuel capacity500 imp gal (2,300 L; 600 US gal)
Prime moverSulzer 6LDA28-A
GeneratorDC
Traction motorsfour Crompton Parkinson DC traction motors
TransmissionDiesel electric
MU working★ Blue Star
Train heatingSteam (when fitted)
Train brakesOriginally vacuum only, all converted to air and vacuum (dual braked)
Performance figures
Maximum speed80 mph (130 km/h)
Power outputEngine: 1,160 hp (865 kW) @750 rpm
At rail: 900 hp (671 kW)
Tractive effortMaximum: 42,000 lbf (187 kN)
Continuous: 30,000 lbf (133 kN)
Brakeforce35 long tons-force (350 kN)
Career
OperatorsBritish Railways
NumbersD5300–D5346; later 26001–26046
Axle load classD5300–D5319: Route availability 6
D5320–D5346: Route availability 5
First run1958
Withdrawn1972 (1), 1975–1994
Disposition13 preserved, remainder scrapped

The British Rail Class 26 diesel locomotives, also known as the BRCW Type 2, were built by the Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Company (BRCW) at Smethwick in 1958–59. Forty seven examples were built, and the last were withdrawn from service in 1994. Like their higher-powered sisters, the BRCW Classes 27 and 33, they had all-steel bodies and cab ends with fibreglass cab roofs.[citation needed] They were numbered D5300-D5346.[1]

  1. ^ "26 Bo-Bo". BRDatabase.

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