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The British Rail Class 18 will be a class of 15 hybrid locomotives built by Clayton Equipment Company for Beacon Rail.[1]
The Class 18s will be numbered following on from the Class 17s (built by Clayton in the 1960s).[1]
Details
Beacon Rail placed an order in May 2020 with Clayton to supply its CBD90 battery shunting locomotives.[1][2] It is not yet known where these locomotives will be deployed, but the first are due to be delivered in 2021.[1]
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).[3]
Reference
- ^ a b c d "Clayton hybrid locos to become Class 18". The Railway Magazine. March 2021.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Clayton - CBD90". We lease passenger and freight rolling stock across Europe. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
- ^ 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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