Class
58 - BREL Type 5 - Co-Co
- Built 1983-87 by BREL
at Doncaster Works.
- Ruston Paxman RK3ACT
Engine of 2460 kW (3300 hp) at 1000 rpm.
- Main Alternator Brush
BA1101B, Traction Motors Brush TM73-62.
- Maximum Tractive
Effort of 275 kN (61800 lbf), Continuous Tractive Effort
of 240 kN (53950 lbf) at 17.4 mph.
- Power at Rail of 1780
kW (2387 hp).
- Brake Force 62 t, Air
Train Brakes.
- Length over buffers
of 19.13 m, Wheel Diameter 1120 mm.
- Weight of 130 t,
Route Availability (RA) Index of 7.
- Design Speed and
Maximum Speed of 80 mph.
- Multiple Working with
the Red Diamond Coupling Code.
- All built with Slow
Speed Control for use with Merry Go Round (MGR) coal
traffic.
Class members 58001 to
58050.
Class 58
Photographs.
 58009 Stands outside the
shed at Bescot (Birmingham) depot. The date the 24th
October 1992. |
 58011
and 60073 at the entrance to Toton Traction Maintenance
Depot on the 13th June 1993. |
 58034
and 60093 at Leicester on the 6th September 1992. |
 58037
and a Class 08 at Toton TMD on the 13th June 1993. |
 58045 and 58006 at Bescot
Yard M6 side of the line to Aston. 24th September 1992. |
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Written by Mark Chatwin.
58009 Stands outside the
shed at Bescot (Birmingham) depot. The date the 24th
October 1992.
58011
and 60073 at the entrance to Toton Traction Maintenance
Depot on the 13th June 1993.
58034
and 60093 at Leicester on the 6th September 1992.
58037
and a Class 08 at Toton TMD on the 13th June 1993.
58045 and 58006 at Bescot
Yard M6 side of the line to Aston. 24th September 1992.