Class 45 Profile

British Railways Type 4

BUILT: 1960-63 by British Railways Derby Locomotive Works (D11-D49) and Crewe Locomotive Works (D50-D137).

ENGINE: Sulzer 12LDA28B 2,500hp.

NUMBER SERIES: Class 45/0 45001-45077 : Class 45/1 45101-45150.

PREVIOUS NUMBERS: Between D11-D137.

TRANSMISSION: 6 Crompton-Parkinson Traction Motors.

MAX SPEED: 90mph.

TRACTIVE EFFORT: 70,000lb.

WEIGHT: 135-138 tonnes.

WHEEL ARRANGEMENT: 1Co-Co1 3'9", 3'0" Diameter.

FLEET STRENGTH: NIL (All Withdrawn - Some Preserved)

Data taken from the PC TOPS Locomotive Database System by Milburn Associates 


  NUMBER   NAME                                                  DATE NAMED
  D  49    The Manchester Regt.                                  31/10/1965
  D  50    King's Shropshire Light Infantry                      30/06/1965
  D  52    The Lancashire Fusilier                               31/10/1963
  D  53    Royal Tank Regt.                                      24/09/1964
  D  54    The Royal Pioneer Corps                               14/11/1963
  D  55    Royal Signals                                         30/06/1965
  D  56    The Bedfordshire & Hertfordshire Regt.                08/12/1962
  D  58    The Kings Own Royal Border Regt.                      01/05/1963
  D  59    The Royal Warwickshire Fusilier                       01/05/1964
  D  60    Lytham St. Annes                                      01/05/1964
  D  61    Royal Army Ordnance Corps                             30/09/1965
  D  62    5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards                 27/11/1964
  D  63    Royal Inniskilling Fusilier                           30/04/1966
  D  64    Coldstream Guardsman                                  30/06/1965
  D  65    Grenadier Guardsman                                   31/07/1964
  D  67    The Royal Artilleryman                                30/09/1965
  D  68    Royal Fusilier                                        31/12/1966
  D  70    The Royal Marines                                     02/12/1964
  D  71    The Staffordshire Regt (The Prince of Wales's Own)    20/05/1966
  D  77    Royal Irish Fusilier                                  04/09/1965
  D  84    Royal Corps of Transport                              31/08/1966
  D  89    Honourable Artillery Company                          09/06/1965
  D  98    Royal Engineer                                        31/12/1966
  D  99    3rd Carabinier                                        31/12/1965
  D 100    Sherwood Forester                                     23/09/1961
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[45060 at Toton] [JPEG Image of 45060 (D100) size 25K]

Class 45 Number 45050 (D100) Sherwood Forester in British Railways Green Livery at Toton Open Day, 29 August 1998

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Last revised: 10 October 1998