Class 16 Profile

North British Locomotive Company Type 1

Introduced in May 1958, this was a another fleet of Type 1 Locomotives ordered under British Railways 1955 Modernisation Plan. They were only used on the Eastern Region of BR and spent their working life based at Stratford Depot (30A) in London. The first unit was withdrawn in February 1968 and all had been withdrawn by the end of September the same year. All were cut up for scrap by the end of 1969.

BUILT: 1958 by the North British Locomotive Company, Glasgow.

ENGINE: Paxman 16YHXL 800hp.

NUMBER SERIES: D8400-D8409.

PREVIOUS NUMBERS: Nil.

TRANSMISSION: Traction Motors.

MAX SPEED: 60mph.

TRACTIVE EFFORT: 42,000lb.

WEIGHT: 68 tons.

WHEEL ARRANGEMENT: Bo-Bo.

QTY BUILT : 10
CURRENT FLEET STRENGTH: NIL (All Withdrawn - None Preserved)

Data taken from the PC TOPS Locomotive Database System by Milburn Associates
Unless stated otherwise Photographs in this section are © copyright of Milburn Associates. Permission to use these images in railway society newsletters, etc., can be obtained by e-mailing the Thin Controller.

[D8406] [JPEG Image of D8406 size 20K]

Class 16 Number D8406 in British Railways Green Livery at Stratford Locomotive Depot (30A), London

[Go to top of page]

[Go to Home Page]

Last revised: 12 October 1998