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British Rail Class 67
67004 on a rail head treatment train (Oct. 2009)
Type and origin
Power typeDiesel-electric
BuilderMeinfesa: Alstom, Valencia, Spain[1]
ModelJT-42-HWHS
Build date1999–2000
Total produced30
Specifications
Configuration:
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 • UICBo'Bo'
Gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Wheel diameter965 mm (3 ft 2.0 in)
Minimum curve75 m (3.7 ch)
Wheelbasebogie wheelbase : 2.80 m (9 ft 2 in)
bogie pivots : 11.63 m (38 ft 2 in)
Length19.71 m (64 ft 8 in)
Width2.71 m (8 ft 11 in)
Height3.93 m (12 ft 11 in)
Loco weight88-90 tonnes
Fuel capacity5300 litres[2] / 4927 litres[3] / 5460 litres[4][contradictory]
Prime moverEMD 12N-710G3B-EC
AlternatorEMD AR9AC6HEX
Traction motorsEMD D43FM
MU workingwith UK classes 59, 66[1] AAR system[citation needed]
Train heatingElectric Train Supply (index: 66 / 330 kW)[5]
Train brakesElectropneumatic
Performance figures
Power outputEngine: 3,200 bhp (2,386 kW) @ 900rpm
At rail: 2,500 hp (1,864 kW)[citation needed]
Tractive effortMaximum: 144 kN (32,000 lbf)
Continuous: 92 kN (20,700 lbf) @ 75km/h
Brakeforce780 kN (78 long tons-force)
Career
NicknamesSkips, Buckets, Cyclops
Axle load classRoute availability 8
Current ownerAngel Trains[3]
Sources: [4][2] except where noted

The Class 67 locomotives are a class of Bo'Bo' diesel electric mainline locomotives which were built for the English, Welsh and Scottish Railway between 1999 to 2000 by Alstom at Meinfesa in Valencia, Spain with drive components (engine and transmission) from General Motors Diesel.

EMD's designation for this locomotive type is JT 42HW-HS.[6] Rail enthusiasts have nicknamed the class 'skips'.

History

Design, testing and introduction

Thirty locomotives were ordered in a £45million contract split between Alstom and General Motors.[7] for use by the English, Welsh and Scottish Railway (EWS) as British Rail Class 47 replacements for use on high-speed mail trains and passenger trains.[1] The locomotives were obtained on a 15 year lease via Angel Trains.[1]

The bodyshell is a monocoque load bearing Alstom design,[1][8] the bogies are an "H" frame Alstom design,[1] The engine, traction motors and control electronics are GM-EMD products, and the same as used in the British Rail Class 66. Unlike the Class 66, the traction motors are frame mounted rather than axle hung to reduce unsprung mass and the gear ratio is increased allowing higher speeds.[1] The cab design has a central driving position.[8]

The locomotives are able to supply electric head end power for passenger train heating and air-conditioning, and are equipped for buffer and screw coupling and also coupling via a buckeye coupler attached on a swing arm mount.[8]

High speed running tests were undertaken with 67002 starting at Alstom's facility at La Sagra (Toledo, Spain) and running on the standard gauge Madrid-Toledo high-speed rail line,[8] a top speed of 143 miles per hour (230 km/h) was obtained.[1]

The first locomotive to be delivered was 67003, which arrived in October 1999. Initially plans were for a rapid acceptance into service, but problems with the locomotives being slightly out of loading gauge[1] caused delays. Acceptance trials began in December, and all 30 units had been delivered to the UK by early 2000.[8]

The high axle load of the locomotive caused an initial speed restriction to 110 mph (177 km/h) and modifications to the bogies were required; locomotive 67023 was passed for 125 mph (201 km/h) running in July 2001,[9] all 30 units had been modified for 125mph running by June 2003.[10]

Operators

Initially the class were used primarily on mail trains.[11] EWS's contract with Royal Mail was terminated in 2003.[12]

The locomotives have since been used for First ScotRail on the Caledonian Sleeper on non electrified beyond Edinburgh, as "Thunderbird" rescue locomotives for failed trains on the ECML, on some freight trains,and are hire for use on chartered tourist trains.[9][11] Two units are also used for the Royal Train.[9]

Four locomotives were also used by the Wrexham and Shropshire (W&SR) railway company until it ceased operating in January 2011.[13]

Chiltern Railways began using ex W&SR Class 67 hauled passenger sets in Dec 2010,[14] on 5 Sep 2011 after impovements to the Chiltern Line infrastructure the company began running a 100mph service from London to Birmingham branded 'Mainline' using Class 67 powered sets.[15][16]

Liveries and naming

The locomotives were initially painted in EWS maroon livery.[8] In 2003 two locomotives, 67005 and 67006 replaced the two previous Class 47 locomotives for hauling the prestigious Royal Train;[17] these were repainted in the Royal Claret colour, with one unit named Queen's Messenger officially unveiled in 2004.[18] The other vehicle was named Royal Sovereign in February 2005.[19]

Special liveries include 67029 'Royal Diamond' which was re-liveried in silver for the EWS Executive Train,[when?][citation needed] and 67018 was which was repainted in a red livery,[20] with a special white maple leaf (and DB Schenker logo) in honour of Canadian born former EWS and DB Schenker UK chairman Keith Heller.[20][21].

Other liveries carried include the "Wrexham & Shropshire" livery.[22], and Arriva Trains Wales livery.[23][unreliable source?]


  • Original EWS livery
    Original EWS livery
  • EWS 'company train' livery
    EWS 'company train' livery
  • Royal Train livery
    Royal Train livery
  • DB Schenker modified livery
    DB Schenker modified livery
  • Wrexham & Shropshire livery
    Wrexham & Shropshire livery

See also

References and sources

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Class 67". www.semgonline.com. Southern E-Group.
  2. ^ a b "Diesel-Electric Locomotives Class 67" (PDF), www.vossloh-espana.com, retrieved Feb 2009 {{citation}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  3. ^ a b "67 - GM Diesel Electric Locomotive". www.angeltrains.co.uk. Angel Trains. Retrieved 11 August 2011.
  4. ^ a b "Technical". the67depot.webs.com. The 67 Depot.
  5. ^ "Class 67 Diesel Photo Gallery - Class Info". www.class67.co.uk. The Class 67 Diesel Photo Web Site / Colin Birch.
  6. ^ Waller, Mike (December 2010), "Skips for Hire", p.14
  7. ^ The Railway magazine, Volume 150. IPC Business Press. 2004. p. 12.
  8. ^ a b c d e f "Class 67". www.therailwaycentre.com. The RailwayCentre.Com Ltd.
  9. ^ a b c Gareth McMurray. "rolling stock : class 67". www.thejunction.org.uk.
  10. ^ "EWS completes 125mph locomotive upgrade programme", www.ews-railway.co.uk, EWS, 26 June 2003, archived from the original on 23 February 2004
  11. ^ a b Charlie Hume. "North Wales Coast Railway: Class 67". www.nwrail.org.uk.
  12. ^ "Mail trains to be scrapped". news.bcc.co.uk. BBC News. 6 June 2003.
  13. ^ Chris Milner (26 January 2011). "Wrexham & Shropshire to cease operation". www.railwaymagazine.co.uk. The Railway Magazine.
  14. ^ Gareth Bayer (14 December 2010), "Chiltern commences Birmingham loco-hauled", www.railexpress.co.uk, Rail Express {{citation}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  15. ^ "Chiltern introduces its new 'Mainline' timetable" (PDF), Railway Herald: 4, 5 September 2011 {{citation}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |2= (help); Text "issue 282" ignored (help)
  16. ^ "Chiltern Railways Launch 'Mainline' Silver Service Between London, Banbury and Birmingham", www.rail.co.uk, 2011
  17. ^ Julian Holland (2007). Amazing and Extraordinary Railway Facts. David & Charles. p. 81.
  18. ^ "New Royal Train locomotive unveiled", www.ews-railway.co.uk, EWS, 18 February 2004, archived from the original on 1 October 2006
  19. ^ "HM The Queen names dedicated Royal Train locomotive at Bristol", www.ews.railway.co.uk, EWS, 25 February 2005, archived from the original on 1 October 2006
  20. ^ a b It is not clear if the red is that of Canadian National (Keith Heller spent much of his career at CN), or that of DB Schenker the current operater.
  21. ^ "First DB-Schenker liveried Class 67 named Keith Heller" (PDF), Railway Herald (208): 4, January 2010 {{citation}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  22. ^ "Wrexham & Shropshire", www.icrs.org.uk, Inter City Railway Society ICRS, retrieved 8 October 2011
  23. ^ "The News in Pictues" (PDF), Railway Herald (285): 10, 26 September 2011 {{citation}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help); More than one of |work= and |journal= specified (help)

Sources

  • Fox, Peter (2004). British Railways Locomotives & coaching stock 2004. Sheffield: Platform 5. ISBN 1 902336 39 9. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  • Waller, Mike (December 2010), "Skips for Hire" (PDF), The Marlow Donkey (131), Marlow & District Railway Society: 13–16 {{citation}}: More than one of |work= and |journal= specified (help) , some minor innacuracies in article
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