British Rail Class 57 facts for kids

Quick facts for kids British Rail Class 57
Class 57, no. 57012 Freightliner Envoy at Ipswich on 31 January 2004
Power type	Diesel-electric
Builder	Brush Traction or BR Crewe Works; Rebuilt by Brush Traction
Build date	Rebuilt: 1997–2004
Total production	33
Configuration	Co-Co
UIC classification	Co'Co'
Gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Length	19.38 metres (63 ft 7 in)
Width	2.79 metres (9 ft 2 in)
Locomotive weight	57/0 & 57601: 120.6 tonnes (119 long tons; 133 short tons) 57/3 & 57602–57605: 117 tonnes (115 long tons; 129 short tons)
Fuel capacity	57/0: 5,550 L (1,220 imp gal; 1,470 US gal) 57/3 & 57/6: 5,887 L (1,295 imp gal; 1,555 US gal)
Prime mover	57/0: EMD 645-E3 57/3 & 57/6: EMD 645-F3B
Engine type	V12 two-stroke diesel
Top speed	57/0: 75 mph (121 km/h) 57/3 & 57/6: 95 mph (153 km/h)
Power output	57/0: 2,500 bhp (1,860 kW) 57/3 & 57/6: 2,750 bhp (2,050 kW)
Train heating	57/0: None 57601: Electric Train Supply index 95 57/3 & 57602–57605: Electric Train Supply index 100
Locomotive brakeforce	57/0: 80 long tons-force (797 kN) 57/3 & 57/6: 60 long tons-force (598 kN)
Train brakes	Air
Career	Freightliner Virgin Trains First Great Western Cotswold Rail Direct Rail Services WCRC
Number	57001–57012, 57301–57316 57601–57605

Class 57/6, no. 57601 passing Brockhampton, north of Cheltenham, on 16 April 2005, whilst working a Bath–Skegness charter train. This locomotive was the prototype passenger Class 57, and is now operated by the West Coast Railway Company.

The British Rail Class 57 diesel locomotives were made by Brush Traction between 1997 and 2004. They are rebuilds, with new engines, of older Class 47 locomotives, originally introduced in 1964–1965. They are known as "bodysnatchers", or "Zombies" to enthusiasts, because the shell (body) of the class 47 has been stripped, rewired and re-engined.

Images for kids

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  Direct Rail Services 57304 at Crewe

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  Great Western Railway 57604 at the National Railway Museum

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  Rail Operations Group 57312 at Brockenhurst

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  West Coast Railways 57316 at Derby

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  Advenza Freight liveried 57005 at Cardiff Central.

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  Arriva Trains Wales liveried 57315 hauling the Premier Service at Newport station in June 2009

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  Freightliner 57007 at Northampton station in July 2006

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  Network Rail 57305, 57312 & 57310 at Eastleigh station in February 2014

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  Thunderbirds International Rescue crest and Gordon Tracy nameplate on 57304 in April 2006

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  Virgin Trains 57307 Lady Penelope at Castleton East Junction in July 2008