British Rail Class 45

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Derby Type 4
British Rail Class 45
Power type Diesel-electric
Builder British Railways’ Derby Works and Crewe Works
Build date 1960–1962
Total produced 127
Configuration 1Co-Co1
UIC classification (1Co)'(Co1)'
Wheel diameter 3 ft 9 in (1.143 m)
Minimum curve 5 chains (100 m)
Wheelbase 59 ft 8 in (18.19 m)
Length 67 ft 11 in (20.70 m)
Width 8 ft 10 1⁄2 in (2.71 m)
Height 12 ft 10 in (3.91 m)
Locomotive weight 133 long tons (135 t)
Fuel capacity 840 imp gal (3,800 l; 1,010 US gal)
Prime mover Sulzer 12LDA28-B
Multiple working ★ Blue Star
Top speed 90 mph (145 km/h)
Power output Engine: 2,500 bhp (1,864 kW)
At rail: 2,000 hp (1,491 kW)
Tractive effort Maximum: 55,000 lbf (245 kN)
Train heating 45/0: Steam
45/1: Electric Train Heat
Locomotive
brakeforce		 63 LTf (628 kN)
Train brakes Vacuum, Locomotive Air
Career British Railways
Number D11–D137; later 45001–45077, 45101–45150
Nicknames 'Peak'
Axle load class Route availability 7

The British Rail Class 45 also known as the Sulzer Type 4 diesel locomotives were built by British Rail at their Derby and Crewe Works between 1960 and 1962. Along with the similar Class 44 and 46 locomotives they became known as "Peaks".

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[edit] History

The Class 45s became the main traction on the Midland mainline from 1962 and their introduction allowed considerable acceleration of the previous steam powered service. The Class 45s remained the main source of power on the Midland mainline up to 1982 when they were relegated to secondary services following introduction of HSTs on the route. From 1986 Class 45s virtually disappeared from the line.[1] From the early 1980s until their withdrawal c.1988 the class were regular performers on the North Trans-Pennine line working services from Liverpool Lime Street to York, Scarborough or Newcastle via Manchester Victoria, Huddersfield and Leeds. These trains were usually formed of early British Railways Mark 2 carriages of up to seven in a typical train.

[edit] Engine

The engine of the Class 45 was a marine type slow revving diesel, a Sulzer 12LDA28B with a bore of 280 mm and a stroke of 360 mm. This gave 22 litres per cylinder or 264 litres for the whole engine. The unit was turbocharged and intercooled and gave 2500 hp at 750 rpm. The engine was of the double bank type with two parallel banks of 6 cylinders, geared together to a single output shaft.[2] Six-cylinder versions of the engine were fitted in the Class 25 locos (amongst others) and eight-cylinder versions in Class 33s.[3] Class 45s were the updated versions of the Class 44 locomotives, the latter having a 2300 hp non-intercooled version of the same engine. i.e. the 12LDA28A. The later Class 47 had a modified version of the same engine, a 12LDA28C.

[edit] Train heating

When initially put into service, the locomotives were fitted with multi-unit working and steam heating boilers for passenger service. In the early 1970s, fifty were fitted with electric train supply in place of their steam heating boilers and assigned to work services on the Midland Main Line from London St Pancras to Nottingham, Derby and Sheffield. These locomotives were renumbered as Class 45/1.

[edit] Withdrawal

The great majority of Class 45s were withdrawn between 1981 and 1988 and the last was withdrawn from service by 1989.[4]

[edit] Fleet details

Number(s) Name Withdrawn Disposal details
D11 45122 27/04/21039 Scrapped at MC Metals Glasgow (02/1994)
D12 45011 05/1981 Scrapped at BREL Derby Works (09/1981)
D13 45001 01/1986 Scrapped at BREL Derby Works (11/1988)
D14 45015 03/1986 Sold into preservation but unrestored.
Stored at The Battlefield Line
D15 45018 04/1981 Scrapped at BREL Swindon Works (10/1982)
D16 45016 11/1985 Scrapped at Vic Berry Leicester (12/1986)
D17 45024 10/1980 Scrapped at BREL Swindon Works (08/1983)
D18 45121 Pegasus (unofficial name) 19/11/1987 Scrapped by Thomas Hill at BREL Crewe Works (09/1993)
D19 45025 05/1981 Scrapped at BREL Derby Works (11/1981)
D20 45013 Wyvern (unofficial name) 04/1987 Scrapped at MC Metals Glasgow (02/1994)
D21 45026 04/1986 Scrapped at MC Metals Glasgow (11/1988)
D22 45132 09:39 on 11/05/1987 Preserved at Mid-Hants Railway
D23 45017 08/1985 Scrapped at MC Metals Glasgow (11/1991)
D24 45027 05/1981 Scrapped at BREL Swindon Works (09/1983)
D25 45021 12/1980 Scrapped at BREL Swindon Works (04/1983)
D26 45020 12/1985 Scrapped at Vic Berry Leicester (08/1988)
D27 45028 01/1981 Scrapped at BREL Swindon Works (04/1983)
D28 45124 Unicorn (unofficial name) 12:34 on 22/01/1988 Scrapped at MC Metals Glasgow (10/1991)
D29 45002 09/1984 Scrapped at MC Metals Glasgow (11/1988)
D30 45029 07/1987 Scrapped at MC Metals Glasgow (10/1991)
D31 45030 11/1980 Scrapped at BREL Derby Works (03/1981)
D32 45126 27/04/1987 Scrapped at MC Metals Glasgow (04/1992)
D33 45019 09/1985 Scrapped at Vic Berry Leicester (01/1987)
D34 45119 07/05/1987 Scrapped at MC Metals Glasgow (04/1994)
D35 45117 12/05/1986 Scrapped at Vic Berry Leicester (02/1987)
D36 45031 05/1981 Scrapped at BREL Derby Works (10/1981)
D37 45009 09/1986 Scrapped at Vic Berry Leicester (08/1988)
D38 45032 12/1980 Scrapped at BREL Swindon Works (09/1983)
D39 45033 Sirius (unofficial name) 02/1988 Scrapped at MC Metals Glasgow (02/1992)
D40 45133 10/05/1987 Preserved at Midland Railway – Butterley
D41 45147 04/01/1985 Scrapped at Patricroft by Vic Berry Leicester (03/1985)
D42 45034 07/1987 Scrapped at MC Metals Glasgow (05/1992)
D43 45107 Phoenix (unofficial name) 15:19 on 27/07/1988 Scrapped at MC Metals Glasgow (03/1990)
D44 45035 05/1981 Scrapped at BREL Derby Works (11/1981)
D45 45036 05/1986 Scrapped at Vic Berry Leicester (08/1988)
D46 45037 Eclipse (unofficial name) 07/1988 Scrapped at MC Metals Glasgow (03/1992)
D47 45116 22/12/1986 Scrapped at Vic Berry Leicester (09/1988)
D48 45038 06/1985 Scrapped at Vic Berry Leicester (12/1986)
D49 45039 The Manchester Regiment 12/1980 Scrapped at BREL Swindon Works (04/1983)
D50 45040 The King's Shropshire Light Infantry 07/1987 Scrapped at MC Metals Glasgow (10/1991)
D51 45102 09/09/1986 Scrapped at Vic Berry Leicester (10/1988)
D52 45123 The Lancashire Fusilier 22/07/1986 Scrapped at Vic Berry Leicester (11/1988)
D53 45041 Royal Tank Regiment 08/06/1988 Preserved at Midland Railway – Butterley
D54 45023 The Royal Pioneer Corps 09/1984 Scrapped at Vic Berry Leicester (10/1986)
D55 45144 Royal Signals 21/12/1987 Scrapped at Vic Berry Leicester (06/1988)
D56 45137 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment (TA) 16/06/1987 Scrapped at MC Metals Glasgow (03/1994)
D57 45042 04/1985 Scrapped at Vic Berry Leicester (11/1986)
D58 45043 The King's Own Royal Border Regiment 09/1984 Scrapped at Vic Berry Leicester (01/1987)
D59 45104 The Royal Warwickshire Fusilier 13/04/1988 Scrapped at MC Metals Glasgow (02/1992)
D60 45022 Lytham St Annes 07/1987 Scrapped at MC Metals Glasgow (10/1991)
D61 45112 Royal Army Ordnance Corps 14:43 on 07/05/1987 Preserved by FM Rail
D62 45143 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards 1685–1985 14:43 on 07/05/1987 Scrapped at MC Metals Glasgow (03/1994)
D63 45044 Royal Inniskilling Fusilier 06/1987 Scrapped at MC Metals Glasgow (11/1988)
D64 45045 Coldstream Guardsman 05/1983 Scrapped at Vic Berry Leicester (10/1986)
D65 45111 Grenadier Guardsman 14:43 on 07/05/1987 Scrapped at MC Metals Glasgow (04/1992)
D66 45146 07/04/1987 Scrapped at MC Metals Glasgow (03/1992)
D67 45118 The Royal Artilleryman 08/05/1987 Preserved; under repair at Derby works
D68 45046 Royal Fusilier 08/1988 Scrapped at MC Metals Glasgow (02/1992)
D69 45047 08/1980 Scrapped at BREL Derby Works (02/1981)
D70 45048 The Royal Marines 06/1985 Scrapped at MC Metals Glasgow (11/1988)
D71 45049 The Staffordshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales' Own) 10/1987 Scrapped at MC Metals Glasgow (11/1988)
D72 45050 09/1984 Scrapped at Vic Berry Leicester (03/1987)
D73 45110 Medusa (unofficial name) 15:19 on 27/07/1988 Scrapped at MC Metals Glasgow (03/1990)
D74 45051 04/1987 Scrapped at MC Metals Glasgow (11/1988)
D75 45052 Satan and Nimrod (unofficial names) 06/1988 Scrapped at MC Metals Glasgow (09/1991)
D76 45053 11/1983 Scrapped at Crewe Works by A Hampton (10/1988)
D77 45004 Royal Irish Fusilier 12/1985 Scrapped at MC Metals Glasgow (11/1988)
D78 45150 Vampire (unofficial name) 10:40 on 04/02/1988 Scrapped at MC Metals Glasgow (12/1991)
D79 45005 03/1986 Scrapped at Vic Berry Leicester (12/1988)
D80 45113 Athene (unofficial name) 02/08/1988 Scrapped at MC Metals Glasgow (03/1990)
D81 45115 13/06/1988 Scrapped at MC Metals Glasgow (03/1990)
D82 45141 Zephyr (unofficial name) 04/08/1988 Scrapped at MC Metals Glasgow (03/1992)
D83 45142 19/06/1987 Scrapped at MC Metals Glasgow (03/1994)
D84 45055 Royal Corps of Transport 04/1985 Scrapped at Vic Berry Leicester (11/1986)
D85 45109 27/01/1986 Scrapped at Vic Berry Leicester (11/1986)
D86 45105 16:25 on 11/05/1987 Preserved at Barrow Hill
D87 45127 14:43 on 07/05/1987 Scrapped at Crewe Works by J&S Metals (03/1994)
D88 45136 14:43 on 07/05/1987 Scrapped at MC Metals Glasgow (03/1992)
D89 45006 Honourable Artillery Company 09/1986 Scrapped at Vic Berry Leicester (10/1988)
D90 45008 12/1980 Scrapped at BREL Swindon Works (09/1983)
D91 45056 12/1985 Scrapped at Vic Berry Leicester (11/1986)
D92 45138 22/12/1986 Scrapped at MC Metals Glasgow (04/1994)
D93 45057 01/1985 Scrapped at Vic Berry Leicester (03/1987)
D94 45114 15:35 on 17/02/1987 Scrapped at MC Metals Glasgow (02/1994)
D95 45054 01/1985 Scrapped at Toton MPD by Vic Berry (11/1985)
D96 45101 13/11/1986 Scrapped at Vic Berry Leicester (10/1988)
D97 45058 09/1987 Scrapped at MC Metals Glasgow (03/1994)
D98 45059 Royal Engineer 03/1986 Scrapped at Vic Berry Leicester (11/1988)
D99 45135 3rd Carabinier 09/03/1987 Preserved at East Lancashire Railway
D100 45060 Sherwood Forester 12/1985 Preserved at Barrow Hill
D101 45061 08/1981 Scrapped at BREL Swindon Works (04/1982)
D102 45140 Mercury (unofficial name) 11:47 on 29/03/1988 Scrapped at MC Metals Glasgow (09/1991)
D103 45062 07/1987 Scrapped at MC Metals Glasgow (03/1994)
D104 45063 05/1986 Scrapped at Vic Berry Leicester (11/1988)
D105 45064 01/1985 Scrapped at Vic Berry Leicester (11/1988)
D106 45106 Vulcan (unofficial name) 15:19 on 27/07/1988, reinstated 04/08/1988. Finally withdrawn 02/1989 Scrapped at CF Booth Rotherham (04/1992)
D107 45120 24/03/1987 Scrapped at MC Metals Glasgow (11/1991)
D108 45012 Wyvern II (unofficial name) 07/1988 Scrapped at MC Metals Glasgow (03/1992)
D109 45139 27/04/1987 Scrapped at MC Metals Glasgow (03/1994)
D110 45065 03/1985 Scrapped at Vic Berry Leicester (12/1988)
D111 45129 11/06/1987 Scrapped at Vic Berry Leicester (12/1988)
D112 45010 03/1985 Scrapped at MC Metals Glasgow (11/1988)
D113 45128 Centaur (unofficial name) 02/08/1988. reinstated 02/1989 then finally withdrawn 04/1989 Scrapped at MC Metals Glasgow (03/1992)
D114 45066 Amethyst (unofficial name) 07/1987. Reinstated 23/10/1987 then finally withdrawn on 26/07/1988 Scrapped at MC Metals Glasgow (10/1991)
D115 45067 07/1977 Scrapped at BREL Derby Works (06/1980)
D116 45103 Griffon (unofficial name) 02/08/1988 Scrapped at MC Metals Glasgow (03/1990)
D117 45130 10/05/1987 Scrapped at MC Metals Glasgow (03/1992)
D118 45068 01/1986 Scrapped at Allerton MPD by Vic Berry (04/1986)
D119 45007 Taliesin (unofficial name) 07/1988 Scrapped at MC Metals Glasgow (03/1992)
D120 45108 11:27 on 04/08/1987 Preserved at Midland Railway – Butterley
D121 45069 07/1986 Scrapped at Vic Berry Leicester (10/1988)
D122 45070 01/1987 Scrapped at MC Metals Glasgow (11/1988)
D123 45125 14:43 on 07/05/1987 Preserved at Great Central Railway
D124 45131 16:00 on 03/09/1986 Scrapped at Vic Berry Leicester (11/1988)
D125 45071 07/1981 Scrapped at BREL Swindon Works (07/1983)
D126 45134 Neptune (unofficial name) 12:16 on 17/09/1987 Scrapped at MC Metals Glasgow (11/1991)
D127 45072 04/1985 Scrapped at Vic Berry Leicester (11/1986)
D128 45145 Scylla (unofficial name) 09/09/1987. Reinstated 19/10/1987 then finally withdrawn 11:11 on 23/02/1988 Scrapped at MC Metals Glasgow (12/1991)
D129 45073 10/1981 Scrapped at BREL Derby Works (11/1982)
D130 45148 11:43 on 11/02/1987 Scrapped at MC Metals Glasgow (04/1992)
D131 45074 09/1985 Scrapped at Vic Berry Leicester (10/1988)
D132 45075 01/1985 Scrapped at Vic Berry Leicester (03/1987)
D133 45003 12/1985 Scrapped at Vic Berry Leicester (04/1987)
D134 45076 11/1986 Scrapped at MC Metals Glasgow (03/1994)
D135 45149 Phaeton (unofficial name) 16:00 on 14/09/1987 Preserved at Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway
D136 45077 08/1986 Scrapped at MC Metals Glasgow (09/1988)
D137 45014 The Cheshire Regiment 03/1986 Scrapped at Ashburys by Vic Berry (08/1986)

[edit] Preservation

Eleven locomotives survive in preservation. A quick summary of these is as follows (a more detailed study can be found in the table above):

A twelfth example, 45015, was also sold into preservation, but not restored. Withdrawn in March 1986 with a seized traction motor, for which repair was not authorised,[6] 45015 was heavily cannibalised for spares to keep other Class 45s working. It remained at Toton, its home shed, until at least 1999.[7] The locomotive was moved to Shackerstone, on the Battlefield Line Railway, in 2002, still with the intention of restoration to mainline standard, despite requiring a replacement engine to be found.[8] In 2010 the host railway gave notice to the locomotive's owner that the still-unrestored 45015 needed to move to a new site. Having failed to find a buyer, it is likely that 45015 will be sold for scrap, although, as at November 2010, the derelict loco was still at Shackerstone.[9]

[edit] References

  1. ^ The Peaks - A Wyn Hobson
  2. ^ The Last Years of The Peaks - S.R Batty
  3. ^ Railway Magazine July 1992 p50
  4. ^ Diesel Loco Register - S.A.Sugden
  5. ^ http://www.45132.com/
  6. ^ "45 015 – A Potted History". The 45015 Fund. Archived from the original on 29 March 2011. http://www.webcitation.org/5xXz0jing. Retrieved 29 March 2011. 
  7. ^ "45015 – Toton Training Compound – 18-06-99". (Photo of withdrawn loco – S Lazenby). wnxx.com. Archived from the original on 29 March 2011. http://www.webcitation.org/5xY0PvBh0. Retrieved 29 March 2011. 
  8. ^ "45 015 – Frequently Asked Questions". (...concerning intention of restoration). The 45015 Fund. Archived from the original on 29 March 2011. http://www.webcitation.org/5xXym4Z5Y. Retrieved 29 March 2011. 
  9. ^ "45015 Shackerstone 13/11/10 – R Beale". (Photo of derelict locomotive). wnxx.com. 13 November 2010. Archived from the original on 29 March 2011. http://www.webcitation.org/5xXyLj0Cm. Retrieved 29 March 2011. 

[edit] Further reading

  • McManus, Michael. Ultimate Allocations, British Railways Locomotives 1948 - 1968. Wirral. Michael McManus. 

[edit] External links

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