List of British Rail modern traction locomotive classes
This page lists every locomotive allocated a TOPS classification and all modern traction (e.g. diesel, electric, gas turbine, petrol) stock used on the mainline network since 1948 (i.e. British Railways and post-privatisation).
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Diesel locomotives
The 1955 diesel locomotive classes are given in brackets where applicable.
A large number of different shunter types were purchased by British Rail and its predecessors, many of which were withdrawn prior to the introduction of TOPS. The tables below attempt to list the different types and the different classifications used to describe them as clearly as possible:
Small shunters: under 300 hp
Shunter classes are listed by 1955 class, which puts TOPS classes in ascending order, and generally puts 1948 and 1962 classes in ascending order. Unclassed shunters are placed at the start of the table; TOPS class 07 has been placed so its 1962 class is in the logical place.
Class | Numbers | Year(s) built |
Quantity built |
Year(s) withdrawn |
Image | ||||
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TOPS | 1948 | 1955 | 1962 | 1948 | 1957 | ||||
11104 | 1950 | 1 | 1967 | ||||||
13000 | N/A | 1934 | 1 | 1949 | |||||
DY1 | D1/1 | 1/15 | 11500–11502 | D2950–D2952 | 1954–55[1] | 3[1] | 1966–67 | ||
Class 01 | DY2 | D1/2 | 1/12 | 11503–11506, 81 | D2953–D2956, D2956 (ii) | 1956–58[2] | 5[1] | 1966–81 | |
DY5 | D1/3 | 1/16 | 11507–11508 | D2957–D2958 | 1956[1] | 2[1] | 1967–68 | ||
Class 02 | D1/4 | 1/17 | D2850–D2869 | 1960–61[2] | 20 | 1969–75 | |||
DY11 | D2/1 | 2/4A | 11700–11707 | D2700–D2707 | 1953–56[3] | 8 | 1964–68 | ||
Class 03 | DJ15 | D2/2 | 2/1 | 11187–11211 | D2000–D2199 D2370–D2399 |
1957–62[2] | 230 | 1968–93 2008 |
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Class 04 | DJ12/1 | D2/4 | 2/13 | 11100–11115 | D2200–D2214 | 1952–62 (D2289 1948)[2] |
142 | 1967–72 except D2289 still in use in Italy | |
DJ12/2 | D2/13 | 2/13 | 11116–11229 | D2215–D2341 | |||||
DJ14 | D2/5 | 2/12A | 11177–11186 | D2400–D2409 | 1956–57[3] | 10 | 1967–69 | ||
D2/7 | 2/14 | 11116–20, 11144–48 | D2500–D2509 | 1955–56[3] | 10 | 1967 | |||
Class 05 | DJ13 | D2/8 | 2/15A | 11136–43, 11161–76 | D2550–D2573 | 1955–61[2] | 79 | 1966–68, 1983 | |
DJ13/2 | D2/9 | 2/15 | D2574–D2618 | ||||||
Class 06 | D2/6 | 2/12 | D2410–D2444 | 1958–60[2] | 35 | 1967–84 | |||
DY11 | D2/10 | 2/4 | 11708–11719 | D2708–D2719 | 1957[3] | 12 | 1967 | [4] | |
2/4B | D2720–D2780 | 1958–61[3] | 61 | 1967–68 | |||||
D2/11 | 2/2 | D2999 | 1958[5] | 1 | 1967 | ||||
D2/12 | 2/14A | D2510–D2519 | 1961[6] | 10 | 1967 | ||||
Class 07 | 2/16 | D2985–D2998 | 1962[2] | 14 | 1973–77 | ||||
D3/1 | 3/4 | D2900–D2913 | 1958–59[7] | 14 | 1967 |
Large shunters: 300–799hp
CLASS | NUMBERS | Built | Quantity | Withdrawn | Image | ||||
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TOPS | 1948 | 1955 | 1962 | 1948 | 1957 | ||||
15107 | 1949 | 1 | 1958[9] | ||||||
11001 | 1949 | 1 | 1959[10] | ||||||
Class 08 | DEJ4 | D3/2 | 3/1 | 13000–13366 | D3000–D4192[11] except those listed under classes 09 and 10 |
1953[12]–62[11] | 986 | still in use[11] | |
Class 09 | D3665–71, D3719–21, D4099–D4114 |
1959–62[11] | 26 | still in use[11] | |||||
D3/3 | 3/1B | 13117–13126 | D3117–D3126 | 1955 | 10 | 1966–67[13] | |||
Class 10 | DEJ5 | D3/4 | 3/1C | 13137–13151[14] | D3137–D3151, D3439–D3453, D3473–D3502, D3512–D3651, D4049–D4094 |
1955–62[14] | 15 | 1967–72[15] | |
DEJ7 | D3/5 | 3/1D | 13152–13166 | D3152–D3166 | 1955 | 15 | 1967[16] | ||
D3/6 | 12000–12002 | 1935 | 11 | 1956–62[17] | |||||
D3/7 | 3/8 | 12003–12032 | 1939–42 | 30 | 1966–67[18] | ||||
Class 11 | DEJ3 | D3/8 | 3/8A | 12033–12138 | 1945–52 | 136 | 1967–72[19] | ||
DEJ1 | D3/9 | 3/10 | 15000–15003 | 1944 | 4 | 1967[9] | |||
D3/10 | 3/11A | 15100 | 1936 | 1[8] | 1965[9] | ||||
D3/11 | 3/11 | 15101–15106 | 1948 | 6 | 1967[9] | ||||
D3/12 | 3/9A | 15201–15203 | 1937 | 3 | 1964[10] | ||||
Class 12 | D3/13 | 3/9 | 15211–15236 | 1949–52 | 24 | 1968–71[10] | |||
DEJ2 | D3/14 | 3/2 | 15004 | 1949 | 1[8] | 1962 | |||
Class 13 | 7/1 | D4500–D4502 | 1965 | 3[8] | 1983–1985 |
Type 1 locomotives: 800 - 1000hp
CLASS | 1957 numbers | Introduced | Quantity | Withdrawn | Image | ||
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TOPS | 1955 | 1962 | |||||
Class 14 | 6/1 | D9500–D9555 | 1964 | 56 | 1968–69[20] | ||
10800 | 1950[21] | 1[21] | 1972[21] | ||||
Class 15 | D8/1 | 8/5 | D8200-D8243 | 1957-61[8] | 44[22] | 1969-71 [citation needed] |
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Class 16 | D8/2 | 8/4[23] | D8400-D8409[24] | 1958[25] | 10[24] | from 1968[24] | |
Class 17 | N/A | 9/18 | D8500-D8587 | 1962-65[26] | 117[26] | by 1971[26] | |
9/19 | D8588-D8616 | ||||||
Class 18 | 1985 (Proposed) |
Never Built | |||||
Class 20 | D10/3 | 10/3[27] | D8000-199, D8300-27[28] |
1957-67[28] | 228[26] | still in use[11] |
- Relation between TOPS, 1948, 1955 and 1962 classes, and 1948, 1957 and TOPS numbers (unless otherwise given):[2][8]
Type 2 locomotives: 1001 - 1499hp
Locomotive class are listed by TOPS class. Locomotives for TOPS classes 24 and 26 have their original sub-classes shown, as each wholly comprised locomotives from a distinct 1962 class.
CLASS | 1957 numbers | Introduced | Quantity | Withdrawn | Image | |||
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TOPS | 1955 | 1962 | ||||||
Class 21 (I) | D10/1 | 10/4 | D6100-D6157 | 1959[25] | 58 | 1967 | ||
D11/2 | 11/4 | |||||||
Class 21 (II) | N/A | N/A | N/A | 2004-05 | 4 | still in use | ||
Class 22 | D10/2A | 10/4A | D6300-D6305 | 1959[25] | 58[29] | 1967-72[29] | ||
D11/5 | 11/4A | D6306-D6357 | ||||||
Class 23 | D11/1 | 11/3 | D5900-D5909 | 1959[25] | 10 | 1968-71 | ||
Class 24 | 24/0 | 11/1 | D5000-D5049 | 1958[25]-61 | 50 | by 1980 | ||
24/1 | D11/3 | 11/1A | D5050-5150 | 101 | ||||
Class 25 | D12/1 | 12/1 | D5151–D5299, D7500–D7677 |
1961[28]-67 | 323 | 1987[30][31] | ||
Class 26 | 26/0 | D11/4 | 11/6 | D5300-D5319[28] | 1958[32] | 20[32] | 1975-94[32] | |
26/1 | none[8] | 11/6A | D5320-D5346[28] | 1958[32] | 27[32] | |||
Class 27 | D12/3 | 12/6 | D5347-D5415[28] | 1961-62[8] | 69 | 1987 | ||
Class 28 | D12/1 | 12/5 | D5700-D5719 | 1958-59[25]-59 | 20 | 1968-71 | ||
Class 29 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 1965-1967[8] | 20 | 1971 | ||
Class 30 & 31 | D13/1, D14/2 | 14/2 | D5500-D5699, D5800-D5862 |
1957[25]-62[28] | 263 plus 81 conversions |
1976 - date still in use |
- Relation between TOPS, 1948, 1955 and 1962 classes, and 1948, 1957 and TOPS numbers (unless otherwise given):[2][8]
Type 3 locomotives: 1500–1999hp
CLASS | Pre-TOPS numbers |
Introduced | Quantity | Withdrawn | Image | ||
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TOPS | 1955 | 1962 | |||||
Class 33 | D15/1 | 15/6 | D6500—D6585[8][28] | 1960-62[33] | 98[33] | still in use(with West Coast Railway Company)[11] | |
D15/2 | 15/6A | D6586-D6597[8][28] | |||||
Class 35 (Hymek[34]) |
D17/2 | 17/7 | D7000–D7100[2] | 1961-64[35] | 101[35] | 1971-1975[36] | |
Class 37 | D17/1 | 17/3 | D6600-D6608 D6700-D6999[28] |
1960 - 65[37] | 309[37] | still in use[11] | |
Class 38 | 1980s (Proposed) |
Never Built | |||||
D16/1 | 16/8 | 10000-10001[8] | 1947-48[38] | 2[38] | 1962-66[38] | ||
D16/2 | 16/9 | 10201-10203[8] | 1951-1954[25] | 3[25] | 1968 |
- Relation between TOPS, 1955 and 1962 classes, and pre-TOPS and TOPS numbers (unless otherwise given):[2][8]
Type 4 locomotives: 2000–2999hp
CLASS | 1957 numbers | Built | Quantity | Withdrawn | Image | ||
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TOPS | 1955[8] | 1962[8] | |||||
10100 | 1950 | 1 | 1958 | ||||
Class 40 | D20/1 | 20/3 | D200-D399[28] | 1958-62[28] | 200 | by 1985[39] | |
Class 41 (I)[40] | D20/2 | 20/4 | D600-D604[28] | 1958-59[35] | 5[35] | 1967[35] | |
Class 41 (II) | N/A | 1972[2] | 2[2] | 1982 | |||
Class 41 (III) | N/A | 1990s (Proposed) |
Never Built | ||||
Class 42 | D22/1 | 22/1 | D800-D832, D866-D870[2] |
1958-61[2] | 38[35] | 1968-72[35] | |
Class 43 (I) | D22/2 | 22/2 | D833-D865[2] | 1960-62 | 33 | 1969-1971 | |
Class 43 (II) | N/A | 1976-82[39] | 197[39] | Still in use[11] | |||
Class 44 (Peak[41]) |
D23/1 | 23/1 | D1-D10[2] | 1959-60 | 10 | 1976-81 | |
Class 45 | D25/1 | 25/1 | D11-D137[28] | 1960-63[28] | 127 | by 1989[39] | |
Class 46 | N/A | 25/1A | D138-D193[28] | 1961[28] | 56 | by 1984 | |
Class 47 | N/A | 27/2 | D1100-D1111, D1500-D1999[28] |
1962-68[28] | 512 | still in use[11] | |
Class 48 | N/A | 27/2 | D1702-D1706. | 1965-66[28] | 5 | 1990-91[11] | |
Class 50 | N/A | 27/3 | D400-D449[28] | 1967-68[28] | 50[28] | by 1994 | 100px |
Class 52 (Western[42]) |
D27/1 | 27/1 | D1000-D1073[2] | 1961–1964 | 74 | by 1977 | 100px |
Class 53 Falcon[43] |
? | ? | D0280, later D1200 | 1961 | 1 | 1976 | |
Class 57 | N/A | 1962-1968 Rebuilt 1997 - 2004[11] | 33[11] | still in use[11] |
Type 5 locomotives: over 3000hp
TOPS class | Built | Quantity | Withdrawn | Image |
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Class 51 | 1960s (Proposed) |
Never Built | ||
Class 55 (Deltic)[44] |
1961-62[12]-62 | 22[12] | 1982 | |
Class 56 | 1976-84[45] | 135[45] | still in use[11] | |
Class 58 | 1983-87[39] | 50[39] | still in use (In mainland Europe)[11] |
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Class 59 | 1985-95[46] | 15[46] | still in use[11] | |
Class 60 | 1989-93[46] | 100[46] | still in use[11] | |
Class 62 | 1990s (Proposed) |
Never Built | ||
Class 65 | Never Built | |||
Class 66 | 1998-2008[11] | 446[11] | still in use[11] | |
Class 67 | 1999-2000[46] | 30[46] | still in use[11] | |
Class 68 | 2013-[47] | 25 (planned)[47] | still in use[47][48] | |
Class 70 | 2009-2014 | 30 | still in use |
Electric locomotives
DC electric locomotives
TOPS class | pre-TOPS class | Built | Quantity | Withdrawn | Image |
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Class 70 | 1941-48 | 3 | 1968-69 | ||
Class 71 | HA | 1958-60 | 24 | 1977 | |
Class 73 (electric and Diesel power) | JA or JB | 1962 1965-67 |
82 | still in use | |
Class 74 (electric and Diesel power) | HB | 1958–1960 Rebuilt 1967–1968 |
10 | 1976 | |
Class 75 | 1960s (Proposed) |
Never Built | |||
Class 76 | EM1 | 1952-53 | 56 | 1981 | |
Class 77 | EM2 | 1953-55 | 7 | 1969 | |
Class EB1/EF1 (26502-26511) |
1914-1919 | 10 | 1951 1964 |
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Class EE1 (26600) |
1922 | 1 | 1950 | ||
Class ES1 (26500-26501) |
1905 | 2 | 1964 |
AC electric locomotives
TOPS class | pre-TOPS class | Built | Quantity | Withdrawn | Image |
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Class 80 | 1958 | 1 | 1961 | ||
Class 81 | AL1 | 1959–1964 | 25 | 1991 | |
Class 82 | AL2 | 1960-62 | 12 | 1987 | |
Class 83 | AL3 | 1960-62 | 15 | 1989 | |
Class 84 | AL4 | 1960-61 | 10 | 1979-80 | |
Class 85 | AL5 | 1961-64 | 40 | 1991 | |
Class 86 | AL6 | 1965-66 | 100 | 2002-date still in use (with Freightliner and in Hungary). | |
Class 87 | 1973-75 | 36 | 2003-date still in use (in Bulgaria). | ||
Class 88 (I) | 1983-87 (planned) |
Never Constructed | |||
Class 88 (II) | 2014- | 10 (planned)[49] |
2014 under construction | ||
Class 89 | 1986 | 1 | 2001 | ||
Class 90 | 1987-90 | 50 | still in use | ||
Class 91 | 1988-91 | 31 | still in use | ||
Class 92 | 1993-96 | 46 | still in use | ||
Class 93 | 1992-95 (planned) |
30 (planned) |
Never Constructed |
Miscellaneous locomotives
Type | Class / number(s) | Information | Image |
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Channel Tunnel | Class 22 | SNCF Class BB 22200 class dual voltage electric locomotives used for freight duties through the Channel Tunnel by Railfreight Distribution during 1994-95, prior to the availability of the dedicated Class 92 locomotives. These locomotives were allocated the TOPS classification Class 22 for their use on British railways | |
Departmental | Class 97 | General departmental locomotives, used for special or engineering duties. Were therefore of many different classes, lumped together for numbering purposes. Forty-seven locomotives allocated Class 97 numbers, including five in subclass 97/6. | |
Class 97/6 | Five diesel shunting locomotives purpose-built for departmental duties in 1953 (number 97650) and 1959 (numbers 97651-654). Withdrawn 1987-2005. | ||
Various Pre-TOPS Departmental Locomotives | |||
Steam | Class 98 | Used to cover all steam locomotives used on the mainline in Britain. Had particular usage for the three Vale of Rheidol Railway steam locomotives that remained in BR's ownership after the end of mainline steam traction in August 1968, and numbered 98007-98009. Also used for privately owned steam locomotives registered to run on the mainline since 1971, with numbers allocated in the following way:
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Petrol | 15097-15099 | Petrol powered locomotives built by Simplex, introduced 1919-1925 by the LNER, and subsequently inherited by BR | |
Gas turbine | 18000 | Prototype mainline gas turbine locomotive built for BR in 1949 by Brown Boveri. Had been ordered by GWR in 1940, but construction was delayed due to World War II. | |
18100 | Prototype mainline gas turbine locomotive built for BR in 1951 by Metropolitan-Vickers. Had been ordered by the GWR in the 1940s, but construction was delayed due to World War II. |
Class 99
When British Rail implemented the TOPS system for managing their operating stock, ships capable of carrying rail vehicles were incorporated into the system as Class 99. In order to circumvent restrictions of the application software, these ships were entered on TOPS as locomotives, 'hauling' the trains which they carried on board.
Builders' demonstrators
These were locomotives built and owned by private firms, but used by British Rail to test them.
Locomotive | Builder | Year | Fate | Image |
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D0226 & D0227 | English Electric | 1956 | D0226 preserved D0227 scrapped |
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D0260 Lion | BRCWC | 1962 | Scrapped in 1963 | |
D0280 Falcon See Class 53, above |
Brush Traction | 1961 | Scrapped 1976 | |
D9998 See Class D2/11, above |
Brush Traction | 1958 | ? | |
DHP1 | Clayton | 1965 | ? | |
DP1 Deltic | English Electric | 1955 | Withdrawn 1961, preserved |
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DP2 | English Electric | 1962 | Scrapped 1967 | |
GT3 (Gas turbine) |
English Electric | 1961 | Scrapped 1966 | |
HS4000 Kestrel | Brush Traction | 1968 | Scrapped 1989 | |
Janus & Taurus (Group of locomotives) |
Yorkshire Engine Company | Varied |
Unbuilt locomotives
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A number of TOPS class numbers were allocated to proposed locomotives, both diesel and electric, which for many reasons were not proceeded with.
See also
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Locomotives of the United Kingdom. |
- British Rail locomotive and multiple unit numbering and classification
- Steam locomotives of British Railways
- British Rail coach designations
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