British Rail Class 18

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British Rail Class 18
Type and origin
Power typeDiesel-Battery
BuilderClayton Equipment Company
Total produced15
Specifications
Configuration:
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 • UICBo'Bo
 • CommonwealthBo-Bo
Loco weight90 tonnes (99 tons)
Performance figures
Maximum speed20 km/h (12 mph)
Career
Current ownerBeacon Rail
DispositionUnder construction

The British Rail Class 18 is planned as a class of 15 hybrid locomotives built by Clayton Equipment Company for Beacon Rail.

Details[]

Beacon Rail placed an order in May 2020 with Clayton Equipment Company to supply its CBD90 battery shunting locomotives.[1][2] The new locomotives are planned for use to replace existing Class 08 and Class 09 locomotives used for shunting duties in private sidings and yards, with the first intended to be delivered towards the end of 2021.[3]

The locomotives are expected to weigh 90 tonnes (99 tons) and be powered by 524kWh lead-acid batteries which can be charged from a mains supply, or derive power from an onboard diesel engine. Their top speed will be 12 miles per hour (20 km/h).

JCB Power Systems manufactures the Ecomax 55kw IPU Stage V engines, which are then supplied by Power Torque in Coventry in an all-British post-Brexit collaboration, while also providing technical support from its engineers.[4]

The Class 18s will be numbered following on from the Class 17s built by Clayton in the 1960s.[5]

Reference[]

  1. ^ "Clayton hybrid locos to become Class 18". The Railway Magazine. March 2021.
  2. ^ "Clayton - CBD90". We lease passenger and freight rolling stock across Europe. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  3. ^ Pritchard, Robert, ed. (April 2021). "Clayton Class 18s primed to replace ageing 08s". Today's Railways UK. No. 230. Sheffield: Platform 5 Publishing. p. 64. ISSN 1475-9713.
  4. ^ JCB supplies Clayton Equipment with engines.
  5. ^ Bickerdyke, Paul, ed. (April 2021). "Clayton to build Class 18". Rail Express. No. 299. Horncastle: Mortons Media. p. 9. ISSN 1362-234X.
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