Class 11 Profile and Models

Class 11

12049 at Ropley in August 2011. ©Foulger Rail Photos

The British Rail Class 11 was applied to a batch of diesel shunting locomotives built from April 1945 to December 1952, based on a similar earlier batch built by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) between 1934 and 1936. An initial batch of twenty locomotives was built during World War II, fourteen of which were built for the War Department, with the first ten of these (70260-70269) subsequently going to the Nederlandse Spoorwegen post-war. Others went straight into LMS stock, and a follow-up batch was built. British Railways continued to build the class from 1948 to 1952. The 106 locomotives of British Railways were withdrawn between May 1967 and November 1972. Sixteen locomotives were sold to the National Coal Board, and were used in the North East, South Wales and the Kent Coalfield. None of the LMS examples were preserved but the following BR examples of Class 11 diesel shunters are preserved.

(Information provided via Wikipedia)

Type of Locomotive

Diesel-Electric

Builder

LMS/ BR Derby Works
BR Darlington Works

Build Dates

1945 to 1952

Total Built

120

Tractive Effort

34,900 lbf

Power Output

350 hp

Top Speed

20 mph

Wheel Configuration

0-6-0

Operated By

London, Midland & Scottish Railway
War Department
British Railways
National Coal Board
HNRC
Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI)

Main Duties

Shunting

In Service Until

1972

Surviving Examples

8