LIST OF BRITISH RAIL MODERN TRACTION LOCOMOTIVE CLASSES

This page lists every locomotive allocated a TOPS classification and all modern traction (e.g. diesel, electric, gas turbine, petrol) stock used on the mainline network since 1948 (i.e British Railways and post-privatisation).

Contents

Diesel locomotives

Small shunters: under 300 hp

Large shunters: 300 - 799hp

Type 1 locomotives: 800 - 1000hp

Type 2 locomotives: 1001 - 1499hp

Type 3 locomotives: 1500 – 1999hp

Type 4 locomotives: 2000 – 2999hp

Type 5 locomotives: over 3000hp

Electric locomotives

DC electric locomotives

AC electric locomotives

Miscellaneous locomotives

Class 99

Builders' demonstrators

See also

References

External links

Diesel locomotives

The 1955 diesel locomotive classes are given in brackets where applicable.
A large number of different shunter types were purchased by British Rail and its predecessors, many of which were withdrawn prior to the introduction of TOPS. The tables below attempt to list the different types and the different classifications used to describe them as clearly as possible:

Small shunters: under 300 hp

Shunter classes are listed by 1955 class, which puts TOPS classes in ascending order, and generally puts 1948 and 1962 classes in ascending order. Unclassed shunters are placed at the start of the table; TOPS class 07 has been placed so its 1962 class is in the logical place.

Class				Numbers		Year(s) built	Quantity built	Year(s) withdrawn	Image
TOPS	1948	1955	1962	1948	1957
''One-off 52 hp (39 kW) loco:				11104		1959	1	?
''ex-LMS diesel shunter''				13000	''N/A''	1934	1	1949
	DY1	D1/1	1/15	11500-11502	D2950-D2952	1955 [1]	3	?
Class 01	DY2	D1/2	1/12	11503-11506	D2953-D2956	1956	4	1979-81
	DY5	D1/3	1/16	11507-11508	D2957-D2958	1956	2	?
Class 02		D1/4	1/17		D2850-D2869	1960-61	20	1969-73
	DY11	D2/1	2/4A	11700-11707	D2700-D2707	1953-56	8	?
Class 03	DJ15	D2/2	2/1	11187-11211	D2000-D2199 D2370-D2399	1957-62	230	1968-77 ''one still in use''
Class 04	DJ12/1	D2/4	2/13	11100-15	D2200-D2214	1952-62	15	1968-71
	DJ12/2	D2/13	2/13	11116-11229	D2215-D2341
	DJ14	D2/5	2/12A	11177-11186	D2400-D2409	1956-57	10	?
		D2/7	2/14	11116-20, 11144-48	D2500-D2509	1955-56	10	1967
Class 05	DJ13	D2/8	2/15A	11136-43, 11161-76	D2550-D2573	1955-61	24	?
	DJ13/2	D2/9	2/15		D2574-D2618
Class 06		D2/6	2/12		D2410-D2444	1958-60	35	?	06009 as the works pilot at Dunfermline Townhill Wagon Repair Works in July 1975
	DY11	D2/10	2/4	11708-11719	D2708-D2719	1957	12	?	[2]
			2/4B	11700-11707	D2720-D2780	1958-61	61	?
		D2/11	2/2		D2999	1958[3]	1	1967
		D2/12	2/14A		D2510-D2519	1961[4]	10	?
Class 07			2/16		D2985-D2998	1962	13	by 1977
		D3/1	3/4		D2900-D2913	1958-59[5]	14	circa 1965

★ Relation between TOPS, 1948, 1955 and 1962 classes, and 1948, 1957 and TOPS numbers: ^[6][7]

Large shunters: 300 - 799hp

CLASS				NUMBERS		Built	Quantity	Withdrawn	Image
TOPS	1948	1955	1962	1948	1957
''One-off 360hp shunter''				15107		1949	1	1958
''One-off 500hp shunter''				11001		1949	1	1959	Locomotive 1100
Class 08	DEJ4	D3/2	3/1	13000-13366	D3000-D4192 ''except those listed under class 09''	1953-62	936	''still in use''	08 804 in EWS livery (with BR arrow) at Didcot Parkway on 4 August 2005
Class 09					D3665-71, D3719-21, D4099-D4114	1959-62	26	''still in use''	09 020 in EWS livery at Doncaster Wood Yard on 22 January 2005
		D3/3	3/1B	13117-13126	D3117-D3126	1955	10	?
Class 10	DEJ5	D3/4	3/1C	13137-13151 [8]	D3137-D3151, D3439-D3453, D3473-D3502, D3512-D3651, D4049-4094	1955-62	15	?	Class 10 (D3452) in BR blue livery at Bodmin General on 28 August 2003
	DEJ7	D3/5	3/1D	13152-13166	D3152-D3166	1955	15	?
		D3/6		12000-12002		1935	11	?
		D3/7	3/8	12003-12032		1939-42	30	1966-67
Class 11	DEJ3	D3/8	3/8A	12033-12138		1945-52	136	?	Class 11 (12 082) in Henry Needle Railway Company livery on 10 July 2004
	DEJ1	D3/9	3/10	15000-15003		1944	4	?
		D3/10	3/11A	15100		1936	1	?
		D3/11	3/11	15101-15106		1948	6	By 1968
		D3/12	3/9A	15201-15203		1937	3	circa 1965
Class 12		D3/13	3/9	15211-15236		1949-52	24	''still in industrial use''
	DEJ2	D3/14	3/2	15004		1949	1	1962
Class 13			7/1		D4500-D4502	1965	3	1983-1985	13 001 at Tinsley depot on 14 April 1984
Class 14			6/1		D9500-D9555	1964	56	1968-69	Class 14 (D9555) in BR green livery at Lydney Junction on 26 June 2004

★ Relation between TOPS, 1948, 1955 and 1962 classes, and 1948, 1957 and TOPS numbers:

Type 1 locomotives: 800 - 1000hp

CLASS			1957 numbers	Introduced	Quantity	Withdrawn	Image
TOPS	1955	1962
''pre-1955'': 10800 (''prototype for Class 16)''				1950[9]	1	1972
Class 15	D8/1	8/5	D8200-D8243	1957-61	44[10]	1969-71	none
Class 16	D8/2	8/4[11]	D8400-D8409[12]	1958	10	from 1968
Class 17	''N/A''	9/18	D8500-D8587	1962-65[13]	117	by 1971
		9/19	D8588-D8616
Class 20	D10/3	10/3[14]	D8000-199, D8300-27	1957-67	228[15]	''still in use''	none

★ Relation between TOPS, 1948, 1955 and 1962 classes, and 1948, 1957 and TOPS numbers (unless otherwsie given):

Type 2 locomotives: 1001 - 1499hp

Locomotive class are listed by TOPS class. Locomotives for TOPS classes 24 and 26 have their original sub-classes shown, as each wholey comprised locomotives from a distinct 1962 class.

CLASS				1957 numbers	Introduced	Quantity	Withdrawn	Image
TOPS		1955	1962
Class 21 (NBLC)		D10/1	10/4	D6100-D6157	1959[16]	58	1967
		D11/2	11/4
Class 21 (Vossloh) ★		''N/A''	''N/A''	''N/A''	2004-05	?	''still in use''
Class 22		D10/2A	10/4A	D6300-D6305	1959	58[17]	1967-72
		D11/5	11/4A	D6306-D6357
Class 23 Baby Deltic		D11/1	11/3	D5900-D5909	1959	10	1968-71
Class 24	''24/0''		11/1	D5000-D5049	1958-61	50	by 1980
	''24/1''	D11/3	11/1A	D5050-5150		101
Class 25		D12/1	12/1	D5151–D5299, D7500–D7677	1961-67	323	1971[18]-87[19]
Class 26	''26/0''	D11/4	11/6	D5300-D5319	1958	20	1975-93[20]
	''26/1''	''none''	11/6A	D5320-D5346	1958	26
Class 27		D12/3	12/6	D5347-D5415	1961-62	69
Class 28		D12/1	12/5	D5700-D5719	1958-59	20	1968-71
Class 29		''N/A''	''N/A''	''N/A''	1965-1967	20	1971
Class 30 & 31		D13/1, D14/2	14/2	D5500-D5862	1957-62	263 plus 81 conversions	1976 - date ''still in use''

★ ''Second use of Class 22 designation''

★ Relation between TOPS, 1948, 1955 and 1962 classes, and 1948, 1957 and TOPS numbers (unless otherwise given):

Type 3 locomotives: 1500 – 1999hp

CLASS			Pre-TOPS numbers	Introduced	Quantity	Withdrawn	Image
TOPS	1955	1962
Class 33 (Crompton)	D15/1	15/6	D6500—D6585	1957-59[21]	98	''still in use''
	D15/2	15/6A	D6586-D6597
Class 35 (Hymek)	D17/2	17/7	D7000–D7100	1961-64[22]	101	1971-1975
Class 37	D17/1	17/3	D6600-D6608 D6700-D6999	1960 - 65[23]	309	''still in use''
	Class D16/1	16/8	10000-10001	1947-48 LMS locomotive Profiles Vol. 9: Main Line Diesel-Electrics Nos. 10000 and 10001, David Hunt, , , Wild Swan Publications, 2005, ISBN 1-905184-04-2	2	1962-66	none
	Class D16/2	16/9	10201-10203	1951-1954	3	1968

Type 4 locomotives: 2000 – 2999hp

CLASS			1957 numbers	Built	Quantity	Withdrawn	Image
TOPS	1955	1962
''Pre-1955 class'': 10100				1950	1	1958
Class 40	D20/1	20/3	D200-D399	1958-62[24]	200	by 1989
Class 41 (Warship)	D20/2	20/4	D600-D604	1958-59	5	1967
Class 41 (Prototype HST)	''N/A''			1972	2	''renumbered as Class 43''
Class 42	D22/1	22/1	D800-D832, D866-D870	1958-61	38[25]	1968-72
Class 43 (Warship)	D22/2	22/2	D833-D865	1960-62	33	?
Class 43 (HST)	''N/A''			1977-82	197	''Still in use''
Class 44 (Peak)	D23/1	23/1	D1-D10	1959-60	10	1976-80
Class 45	D25/1	25/1	D11-D137	1960-63	127	by 1989
Class 46	''N/A''	25/1A	D138-D193	1961	56	''after 1983 but before 1989''
Class 47	''N/A''	27/2	D1100-D1999, D1500-D1599	1962-67	576 ''including 62 rebuilds''	''still in use''
Class 50 (Hoover)	''N/A''	27/3	D400-D449	1967-68	50	by 1992
Class 52 (Western)	D27/1	27/1	D1000-D1073	1961-1964	74	by 1977
Class 53 (''Falcon'')	?	?	D0280, later D1200	1961	1	1976
Class 57 (Bodysnatcher)	''N/A''			1964-1965 Rebuilt 1997 - 2004	33	''still in use''

Type 5 locomotives: over 3000hp

Class 55s (also known as ''Deltics'') had 1955 class D33/1 and 1962 class 33/3, and their 1957 numbers were D9000–D9021.

TOPS class	Built	Quantity	Withdrawn	Image
Class 55 (Deltic)	1961[26]-62	22	1980-82
Class 56 (Grid)	1976-83[27]	135	''still in use''
Class 58	1983-87[28]	50	''still in use (In Europe)''[29]
Class 59	1985-89[30]	15	''still in use''
Class 60	1989-93	100	''still in use''
Class 66	1998-date	402+	''still in use''
Class 67	1999-2000	30	''still in use''

Electric locomotives

Gatwick Express Class 73 no. 73201 at Clapham Junction.

Freightliner Class 86 nos. 86613 and 86610 at Ipswich.

DC electric locomotives

TOPS class	pre-TOPS class	Built	Quantity	Withdrawn	Image
Class 70		1941-48	3	1968-69
Class 71	HA	1958	24	1977
Class 73	JA or JB	1962-67	82	''still in use''
Class 74	HB	1960s	10	1976
Class 76	EM1	1952-53	56	1981
Class 77	EM2	1953-55	7	1969
	Class EB1 (26502-26511)	?	?	?
	Class EE1 (26600)	?	?	?
	Class ES1 (26500-26501)	1905	2	1964

AC electric locomotives

TOPS class	pre-TOPS class	Built	Quantity	Withdrawn	Image
Class 80		1958	1	1961
Class 81	AL1	1959	25	1986-91
Class 82	AL2	1960-62	12	1983
Class 83	AL3	1960-62	15	1983-89
Class 84	AL4	1960	10	1977-80
Class 85	AL5	1961-64	40	1988-91
Class 86	AL6	1965-66	100	2002-date ''still in use''
Class 87		1973-75	36	1999-date ''still in use''
Class 89		1986	1	2001
Class 90		1987-90	76	''still in use''
Class 91 (Electra)		1988-91	31	''still in use''
Class 92		1993-96	46	''still in use''
''Class 93''		''1992-95 (planned)''	''30 (planned)''	''Never Constructed''

Miscellaneous locomotives

Type	Class / number(s)	Information	Image
Departmental	Class 97	General departmental locomotives, used for special or engineering duties. Were therefore of many different classes, lumped together for numbering purposes. Forty-seven locomotives allocated Class 97 numbers, including five in subclass 97/6.	Class 97 (97201, previously 24061) at Coalville on 1 September 1985
	Class 97/6	Five diesel shunting locomotives purpose-built for departmental duties in 1953 (number 97650) and 1959 (numbers 97651-654). Withdrawn 1987-2005.	Class 97/6 (97 651, also known as PWM651) at Pitsford and Brampton station
	Various Pre-TOPS Departmental Locomotives
Steam	Class 98	Used to cover all steam locomotives used on the mainline in Britain. Had particular usage for the three Vale of Rheidol Railway steam locomotives that remained in BR's ownership after the end of mainline steam traction in August 1968, and numbered 98007-98009. Also used for privately-owned steam locomotives registered to run on the mainline since 1971, with numbers allocated in the following way: ★ First two digits: 98 (for class 98) ★ Third digit: 0-9 representing the Power Class 0-9 ★ Fourth and fifth digits: The last two digits of the locomotive's original number. If this would duplicate an existing number, then the number is increased by 1.	Class 98 Vale of Rheildol locomotive taking on water
Petrol	15097-15099	Petrol powered locomotives built by Simplex, introduced 1919-1925 by the LNER, and subsequently inherited by BR
Gas turbine	18000	Prototype mainline gas turbine locomotive built for BR in 1949 by Brown Boveri. Had been ordered by GWR in 1940, but construction was delayed due to World War II.
	18100	Prototype mainline gas turbine locomotive built for BR in 1951 by Metropolitan Vickers. Had been ordered by the GWR in the 1940s, but construction was delayed due to World War II.

Class 99

When British Rail implemented the TOPS system for managing their operating stock, their shipping fleet was incorporated into the system as Class 99, in order to circumvent some of the restrictions of the application software.

Builders' demonstrators

These were locomotives built and owned by private firms, but used by British Rail to test them.

Locomotive	Builder	Year	Fate	Image
D0226 & D0227	English Electric	1956	D0226 preserved D0227 scrapped	Experimental diesel-electric locomotive D0226 post-preservation at Haworth
D0260 ''Lion''	BRCWC	1962	Scrapped in 1963
D0280 ''Falcon'' ''See Class 53, above''	Brush Traction	1961	Scrapped 1976
D9998 ''See Class D2/11, above''	Brush Traction	1958	?
DHP1	Clayton	1965	?
DP1 ''Deltic''	English Electric	1955	Withdrawn 1961, preserved	DHP1 "Deltic" at National Rail Museum, Shildon, UK in October 2006
DP2	English Electric	1962	Scrapped 1967	Demostration locomotive DP2 at Kings Cross in 1963
GT3 (Gas turbine)	English Electric	1961	Scrapped 1966
HS4000 ''Kestrel''	Brush Traction	1968	Scrapped 1989
Janus & Taurus (''Group of locomotives'')	Yorkshire Engine Company	''Varied''		Demostration shunter Janus (2787) at Shelton

See also

★ British Rail locomotive and multiple unit numbering and classification

★ Steam locomotives of British Railways

★ British Rail coach designations

References

1. British Rail Locomotives Combined Volume 1962, , , , Ian Allan, 1962,
2. D2708-D2780
3. D2999
4. D2510-D2519
5. D2900-D2913
6. The all-time guide to the UK Traction Classification System Part 1: Pre TOPS class systems
7. The all-time guide to the UK Traction Classification System Part 2: Locomotives
8. Class 10
9. Ivatt 800hp Diesel Electric Locomotive
10. Recognition and Equipment information: Class 15
11. Class 16
12. Recognition and Equipment information: Class 16
13. Recognition and Equipment information: Class 17
14. Class 20
15. Recognition and Equipment information: Class 17
16. Observer's Book of Railway Locomotives of Britain, , H. C., Casserley, Frederick Warne, 1962,
17. D6300 class introduction John Daniel
18. Class 25 Withdrawals: The first fifty withdrawals (May 1971 - October 1980)
19. The last year of the Class 25's: March 1986 - March 1987
20. A Brief History of British Railways Class 26
21. British Rail Diesels: The "Crompton" (class 33) Stephen Chapman
22. Diesel-Hydraulic Locomotives of the Western Region, , Brian, Reed, David and Charles, 1974, ISBN 0-7153-6769-2
23. Rolling stock : Class 37 English Electric
24. British Rail Motive Combined Volume 1983, , Colin J., Marsden, Ian Allen, ,
25. Diesel-Hydraulic Locomotives of the Western Region, , Brian, Reed, David and Charles, 1974,
26. British Rail Locmotives and Multiple-Uints including Preserved Locomotives 1977, , , , Ian Allan, 1977,
27. Class 56 Locomotive Information
28. British Rail Motive Power Combined Volume 1989, , Roger, Wood, Ian Allan, 1989,
29. British Railway Pocket Book No. 1: Locomotives, Robert Pritchard and Peter Fox, , , Platform 5, 2006,
30. British British Rail Motive Power Combined Volume 2000, Peter Fox, Neil Webster and Peter Hall, , , Platform 5, 2000,

External links

★ The Railway Centre

★ DPTnet - The Departmentals Website