57/0 & 57601: 120.6 tonnes (119 long tons; 133 short tons)
57/3 & 57602–57605: 117 tonnes (115 long tons; 129 short tons)
Fuel type
Diesel
Fuel capacity
57/0: 5,550 L (1,220 imp gal; 1,470 US gal)
57/3 & 57/6: 5,887 L (1,295 imp gal; 1,555 US gal)
Prime mover
EMD 12-645
57/0 & 57601: 12-645E3
57/3 & 57602–57605: 12-645F3B
Engine type
two-stroke V12 diesel
Displacement
10.57 L (645 in3) per cylinder
Cylinders
12
MU working
Yes
Train heating
Electric Train Supply
57/0: Not equipped 57601: index 95
57/3 & 57602–57605: index 100
Loco brake
Air
Performance figures
Maximum speed
57/0: 75 mph (121 km/h)
57/3 & 57/6: 95 mph (153 km/h)
Power output
Engine: 2,300 hp (1,700 kW) 57/0 & 57601
Engine: 2,800 hp (2,100 kW) 57/3 & 57602-57605
Brakeforce
57/0: 80 long tons-force (797 kN)
57/3 & 57/6: 60 long tons-force (598 kN)
Career
Operators
Direct Rail Services
GB Railfreight
Great Western Railway
Locomotive Services Limited
West Coast Railways
Number in class
33
Numbers
57001–57012
57301–57316
57601–57605
Nicknames
Thunderbirds Bodysnatchers[1][2] Zombies[3][4]
First run
1999
The British Rail Class 57 is a type of diesel locomotive that was remanufactured from Class 47s by Brush Traction of Loughborough between 1998 and 2004.
The Class 57 was produced in response to an order placed in November 1997 by the recently privatised freight operator Freightliner. The company sought to have its ageing Class 47s rebuilt, some of which had become increasingly unreliable and uncompetitive in comparison to new-build counterparts. Accordingly, redundant locomotives were handed over to Brush, where they were fitted with re-conditioned Electro-Motive Diesel (EMD) engines and the same model of traction alternator as that fitted to the Class 56 heavy freight locomotive. As a result of this scheme, improved reliability and performance was recorded; Freightliner placed multiple follow-on orders for more to be rebuilt, as would other operators. However, Freightliner abandoned its long term plans to acquire 25 further Class 57 locomotives in favour of new-built Class 66 locomotives instead.
There are three variants of the Class 57, one designed for freight traffic (57/0) and two to perform passenger operations. During April 2002, Virgin Trains West Coast signed a deal with the rolling stock lessor Porterbrook for the rebuilding of 12 Class 47s into Class 57/3s to conduct rescue duties as well as to drag electric trains along routes that lacked overhead wires to power them directly; further examples would be later ordered to expand Virgin's fleet. The company named its Class 57 locomotives after characters and vehicles from Thunderbirds. Other passenger train operators that used the type included Arriva Trains Wales and Great Western Railway. Various freight haulage firms, and mixed traffic operators, opted to procure Class 57 locomotives as well; these include Direct Rail Services, Rail Operations Group, Advenza Freight, and Colas Rail; many of these obtained units as a result of Freightliner having made its own fleet redundant after procuring new-build locomotives.
^"Rare 'Bodysnatcher' locomotive coming to Derby twice in July". DerbyshireLive. 9 July 2022. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
^"Bodysnatchers, Gronks, and Bones". www.modernrailways.com. 27 February 2020. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
^"Get ready for the Zombie locomotive passing through Wrexham this June". The Leader. 28 April 2023. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
^"'Zombie' train to arrive in Carlisle next month for special journey". News and Star. 29 June 2022. Retrieved 22 November 2023.
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