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British Rail Class D3/3

Type and origin
Power type	Diesel-electric
Builder	British Railways’ Derby Works
Build date	1955
Total produced	10

Specifications
Configuration:
• Whyte	0-6-0 DE
• UIC	C
Gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Wheel diameter	4 ft 6 in (1.372 m)
Loco weight	47.50 long tons (48.26 t; 53.20 short tons)
Prime mover	Crossley ESNT 6
Traction motors	Crompton Parkinson, 2 off
MU working	Not fitted
Train heating	None
Train brakes	Vacuum

Performance figures
Maximum speed	20 mph (32 km/h)
Power output	Engine: 350 bhp (261 kW)
Tractive effort	35,000 lbf (155.7 kN)

Career
Operators	British Railways
Class	D3/3; later 3/1B; no TOPS class
Numbers	13117–13126; later D3117–D3126
Axle load class	Route availability 5
Retired	1966–1967

British Rail Class D3/3 was a 0-6-0 shunting locomotive built by British Rail at their Derby Works in England. It was similar to the British Rail Class 08, except they were built with different engines and traction motors. They were all withdrawn and scrapped after only twelve years of service.

Sources

Ian Allan ABC of British Railways Locomotives, Winter 1962/3
Strickland, David C. (1982). Locomotive Directory, ever single one there has ever been. Camberley, Surrey: Diesel & Electric Group. pp. 53–56. ISBN 0-906375-10-X.

v t e British railway locomotives and miscellany, 1948 to present
Diesel shunters	01 01/5 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13
Diesel shunters (pre-TOPS)	11001 11104 13000 15100 15107 D1/1 D1/2 D1/3 D1/4 D2/1 D2/2 D2/3 D2/4 D2/5 D2/6 D2/7 D2/8 D2/9 D2/10 D2/11 D2/12 D3/1 D3/2 D3/3 D3/4 D3/5 D3/6 D3/7 D3/8 D3/9 D3/10 D3/11 D3/12 D3/13 D3/14
Main-line diesels:	14 15 16 17 18 (I) 18 (II) 19 20 21 (I) 21 (II) 22 (I) 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 33 34 35 37 38 40 41 (I) 41 (II) 41 (III) 42 43 (I) 43 (II) 44 45 46 47 48 (I) 48 (II) 50 51 52 53 55 56 57 58 59 60 62 65 66 67 68 69 70 (II)
Main-line diesels (pre-TOPS)	10000–10001 10100 10201–10203 10800 D8/1 D8/2 D10/1 D10/2 D10/3 D11/1 D11/2 D11/3 D11/4 D11/5 D12/1 D12/2 D12/3 D13/1 D14/1 D14/2 D15/1 D15/2 D16/1 D16/2 D17/1 D17/2 D20/1 D20/2 D22/1 D22/2 D23/1 D25/1 D27/1 D33/1
Electrics	22 (II) 70 (I) 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 80 81 82 83 (I) 83 (II) 84 85 86 87 88 (I) 89 90 91 92 93 (I) 93 (II)
Electrics (pre-TOPS)	AL1 AL2 AL3 AL4 AL5 AL6 EB1 EE1 EF1 EM1 EM2 ES1 HA HB JA JB
Multi-modes	73 74 88 (II) 93 (II) 99 (II)
Departmental	97 97/6 Eastern Southern Other Series
Prototypes	15097–15099 18000 18100 89001 D0226/D0227 D0260 D0280 D2999 DHP1 DP1 DP2 GT3 HS4000 Janus Taurus
Getlink locomotives	0001 0031 9000
Steam locomotives	98
Ships	99 (I)
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