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Class 18 battery-hybrid shunter (Clayton CBD90 Hybrid+)
Class 18 battery-hybrid shunter (Clayton CBD90 Hybrid+): a diesel-battery shunter locomotive (Bo'Bo' (UIC)), built by Clayton Equipment Company, Burton upon Trent, 2021 onwards (first delivered Feb 2022). A freight locomotive: not drawn yet (set FRT).
Drawing to come
- Type
- diesel-battery shunter locomotive
- Builder
- Clayton Equipment Company, Burton upon Trent
- Built
- 2021 onwards (first delivered Feb 2022)
- In service
- since 2021
- Top speed
- 12 mph (19 km/h)
- Power
- 416 kW (558 hp); JCB DIESELMAX 430 diesel generator plus 524 kWh lead-acid batteries; DC motors · how it works
- Profile
- main-line
- Status
- GBRf leased four from Beacon (Aug 2024); Tata Steel and Sellafield also use the type.
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Sources
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- British Rail Class 18 Wikipedia (secondary; must be paired), 2026-10-25specs
- GB Railfreight Wikipedia (secondary; must be paired), 2026-10-25 (page edited 2026-07-30)four with GBRf from Aug 2024
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- Length, height, width, bogie data not stated.
- Single secondary source.
- Not drawn: no drawing yet; the dimensions are in freight_data and their sources in dimension_sources (set FRT, October 2026)
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