British Rail Class 16
The British Rail Class 16, originally known as the North British Type 1 was a type of diesel locomotive ordered under British Railways' 1955 Modernisation Plan. Like other Type 1 designs, they were relatively small locomotives intended primarily for local freight traffic.
NBL Type 1 British Rail Class 16 | |
No. D8403 in green livery with all-yellow front end at Stratford MPD in 1966 | |
Power type | Diesel-electric |
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Builder | North British Locomotive Company |
Serial number | 27671–27680 |
Build date | 1958 |
Total production | 10 |
UIC classification | Bo′Bo′ |
Gauge | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Track gauge/data' not found. |
Wheel diameter | 3 ft 7 in (1.092 m) |
Minimum curve | 3.5 chains (70.41 m) |
Wheelbase | 28 ft 6 in (8.69 m) |
Length | 42 ft 6 in (12.95 m) |
Width | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 452: attempt to index field 'titles' (a nil value). |
Height | 12 ft 8 in (3.861 m) |
Locomotive weight | 68 long tons (69 t; 76 short tons) |
Fuel capacity | 400 imp gal (1,800 L; 480 US gal) |
Prime mover | Paxman 16YHXL |
Displacement | 78.4 L (4,780 cu in) |
Generator | GEC WT 881 (plus GEC auxiliary generator |
Traction motors | 4 x GEC WT 441, nose suspended, with single reduction gear drive |
Cylinders | 16 |
Cylinder size | 7 in (178 mm) bore Lua error in Module:Convert at line 452: attempt to index field 'titles' (a nil value). stroke |
Transmission | Diesel electric |
Multiple working | ● Red Circle |
Power output | Engine: 800 hp (597 kW) At rail: 627 hp (468 kW) |
Tractive effort | Maximum: 42,000 lbf (186.8 kN) |
Train heating | None; through steam pipe |
Locomotive brakeforce | 31 long tons-force (310 kN) |
Train brakes | Vacuum |
Axle load class | Route availability 4 |
Retired | 1968 |
Disposition | All scrapped |