BRCW 'Lion' Prototype Type 4 Locomotive Profile

Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Company Prototype Type 4 Locomotive
Introduced in April 1962, this prototype locomotive was built by a collection of contractors, including BRCW, Sulzer and AEI, in the hope that the design would be adopted as the future standard type 4. However, this was not to be as the Brush Type 4, which became the future Class 47, was chosen instead. The loco, on loan to BR, was used on many lines on the BR system, until withdrawn from service in October 1963. It was cut up for scrap at the BRCW works a month later in November 1963.

BUILT: 1962 by the Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Company, Smethwick.

ENGINE: Sulzer 12LDA28A 2,750hp.

NUMBER SERIES: D0260.

PREVIOUS NUMBERS: Nil.

TRANSMISSION: .

MAX SPEED: 100mph.

TRACTIVE EFFORT: 50,000lb.

WEIGHT: 114 tons.

WHEEL ARRANGEMENT: Co-Co.

QTY BUILT : 1
FLEET STRENGTH: NIL (Loco Withdrawn 1963)

Data taken from the PC TOPS Locomotive Database System by Milburn Associates
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BRCW Prototype Locomotive, Number D0260 Lion in its distinctive White Livery - Official Photo

Last revised: 12 October 1998