British Rail Class 70 (diesel)
The Class 70 is a British designation for a type of diesel locomotive made by General Electric, which calls the type PowerHaul. The first were built for Freightliner (UK) by General Electric in a country in the USA.
| British Rail Class 70 | |
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| Locomotive number 70001 leaves a tunnel | |
| Power type | Diesel-electric |
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| Builder | General Electric |
| Model | JS37ACi |
| Build date | 2009-2017 |
| Total production | 36 (plus one sent back to USA) |
| Configuration | Co-Co |
| UIC classification | Co'Co' |
| Gauge | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Track gauge/data' not found. |
| Wheel diameter | 1,067 mm |
| Length | 23.0 m (75 ft 6 in) |
| Width | 2.64 m (8 ft 8 in) |
| Height | 3.92 m (12 ft 10 in) |
| Locomotive weight | 129 t (127 long tons; 142 short tons) |
| Fuel capacity | 6,000 L (1,300 imp gal; 1,600 US gal) |
| Power output | Engine: 2,750 kW (3,690 bhp) |
History
Freightliner locomotives
The first two locomotives rolled out of GE's Erie, Pennsylvania factory in July 2009. They were tested in the same month.[1] The first units arrived at Newport Docks on 8 November 2008.[2][3]
Colas Rail locomotives
In November 2013, Colas Rail announced that they would buy 10 Class 70 locomotives. These would enter service in 2014.[4] Colas later ordered seven more units in 2015. These were delivered in 2017.[5]
Accidents and incidents
- On 10 January 2011, locomotive number 70012 was being unloaded by a crane from a ship after delivery. The crane's lifting gear failed, and the locomotive fell about 13 feet back into the ship.[6]
British Rail Class 70 (diesel) Media
Freightliner 70001 Powerhaul
Colas Rail's 70803 sits with an engineering train outside Taunton while the East Junction is being relaid.
References
- ↑ "Freightliner PowerHaul locomotives ready for testing". Railway Gazette International. 10 July 2009. http://www.railwaygazette.com/nc/news/single-view/view/freightliner-powerhaul-locomotives-ready-for-testing.html. Retrieved 21 January 2011.
- ↑ "PowerHaul arrival brings GE into European loco market". Railway Gazette International. 8 November 2009. http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/single-view/view/10/powerhaul-arrival-brings-ge-into-european-loco-market.html. Retrieved 9 November 2009.
- ↑ "GE lands first British locomotive order". International Railway Journal: 5. January 2008.
- ↑ "Colas Rail orders 10 GE Transportation PowerHaul locomotives". Railway Gazette. 21 November 2013. http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/traction-rolling-stock/single-view/view/colas-rail-orders-10-ge-transportation-powerhaul-locomotives.html. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
- ↑ Pritchard, Robert (February 2016). "More 70s for Colas Rail". Today's Railways (Platform 5) (170): 58.
- ↑ "New Class 70 dropped during unloading". Rail (Bauer Consumer Media) (662). 26 January 2011.
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