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Class 59 (59/0, 59/1, 59/2)
Class 59 (59/0, 59/1, 59/2): a diesel-electric locomotive (Co-Co (UIC Co'Co')), built by GM Electro-Motive Division, La Grange (USA) and London, Ontario, 1985-1995. A freight locomotive: not drawn yet (set FRT).
Drawing to come
- Type
- diesel-electric locomotive
- Builder
- GM Electro-Motive Division, La Grange (USA) and London, Ontario
- Built
- 1985-1995
- In service
- since 1985
- Top speed
- 60 mph (97 km/h)
- Power
- 2,500 kW (3,300 hp); EMD 16-645E3C two-stroke V16; 6 x EMD D77B motors
- Profile
- main-line
- Status
- Heavy Haul Rail 14 (13 active, 59104 stored), GBRf 59003 (for sale). Mendip Rail page lists eight, which conflicts. 59/2 max 75 mph (121 km/h). GBRf's page gives 121 t.
unverified Some of these figures haven’t yet been checked against an official source or a published history. What’s in doubt ↓
Sources
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- British Rail Class 59 Wikipedia (secondary; must be paired), 2026-10-25full dimension set
- GB Railfreight - Locomotives page GB Railfreight, undated (read 2026-10-25)121 t, 60 mph (97 km/h), 59003
- How Freightliner locomotive fleets are splitting after intermodal sale RAIL magazine, 2026-02-1114 with Heavy Haul Rail
unverified
- Weight 126 t (Wikipedia) vs 121 t (GBRf page): conflict; Wikipedia value used.
- Bogie centres field is the Wikipedia 'pivot centres' value 43 ft 6 in (13,259 mm).
- Dimensions single-source (Wikipedia).
- 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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