Class 11 Profile and Models
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 The 106 locomotives of British Railways were withdrawn between May 1967 and November 1972.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. |
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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 |