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Class 60
Class 60: a diesel-electric locomotive (Co-Co (UIC Co'Co')), built by Brush Traction, Loughborough, 1989-1993. A freight locomotive, drawn indicatively from a level photograph of 60046 (set FRL5).
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- Type
- diesel-electric locomotive
- Builder
- Brush Traction, Loughborough
- Built
- 1989-1993
- In service
- since 1989
- Top speed
- 60 mph (97 km/h)
- Power
- 2,310 kW (3,100 hp); Mirrlees Blackstone 8MB275T; 6 x Brush TM2161A
- Bogies
- Brush three-axle bogies (Class 60)
- Profile
- main-line
- Status
- Slowly returning: GBRf 7 in traffic of 10, Europhoenix/DBIH 66 owned with a handful active (60062, 60063, 60074), DCRail part-active (17 listed). DB Cargo has sold its fleet. Weight 129 or 131 t; 'wheelbase' on Wikipedia is 50 ft 2 in (15.3 m; not bogie centres).
unverified Some of these figures haven’t yet been checked against an official source or a published history. What’s in doubt ↓
Sources
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- British Rail Class 60 Wikipedia (secondary; must be paired), 2026-10-25infobox
- GB Railfreight - Locomotives page GB Railfreight, undated (read 2026-10-25)129 t, 60 mph (97 km/h)
- Class 60s return to action with three operators RAIL magazine, 2026-10-22operator status Oct 2026
- Aggregates firm set to buy Europhoenix train licence RAIL magazine, 2026-07-07DBIH buys
- British Rail Class 60 No. 60046 'William Wilberforce' of DC Rail working Tunstead-Brandon aggregates, East Goscote, March 2024 (photograph, CC BY 2.0) Wikimedia Commons (Steve Knight), 1 March 2024the drawing's outline, layout, heights, underframe, axles and bogies (a camera fit, scaled by the length over buffers)
- 60018 Toton 071022.jpg (photograph, CC BY 2.0) Wikimedia Commons (kitmasterbloke), 13 October 2022the wheels' size and the bogie's details (the other side)
- No.60032 William Booth (Class 60) (7275344144).jpg (photograph) Wikimedia Commonsa check of the layout along the body (abeam)
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- Bogie centres, bogie wheelbase and wheel diameter are to be confirmed.
- Wikipedia infobox says 3,100 bhp (2,300 kW) engine; 2,415 bhp (1,801 kW) at rail.
- Total in service is to be confirmed: GBRf 7 + Europhoenix 3 + DCRail 1+ is only a floor.
- Dimensions single-source (Wikipedia).
- Drawing indicative (set FRL5, November 2026): the length over buffers published (Wikipedia); the body, heights, cab, roof, underframe and bogies measured on a level photograph of 60046 through a fitted camera scaled by that length; the bogie centres, wheelbase and wheels are not published and are measured on the photograph
- Drawing: the roof reads about 13 ft 5 in (4,080 mm) on the photograph against the published height of 3,950
- Drawing: the side photographed on 60046 (the radiator's roof mesh at the left end) only; the other side is not drawn
- Livery's colours from one photograph, approximate
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