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Class 88 (Stadler UKDUAL)
Class 88 (Stadler UKDUAL): a electro-diesel locomotive (Bo-Bo (UIC Bo'Bo')), built by Vossloh Espana / Stadler Rail Valencia, 2015-2016. A freight locomotive: not drawn yet (set FRT).
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- Type
- electro-diesel locomotive
- Builder
- Vossloh Espana / Stadler Rail Valencia
- Built
- 2015-2016
- In service
- since 2015
- Top speed
- 100 mph (161 km/h)
- Power
- 4,000 kW (5,400 hp); 25 kV AC pantograph; Caterpillar C27 Stage IIB diesel (708 kW); ABB AC/AC · how it works
- Profile
- main-line
- Status
- 88001-88010, all with DRS, owned by Beacon. Diesel power 708 kW (Stadler; Wikipedia 700 kW). 21.5 t axle load.
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Sources
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- UKDUAL locomotive (Class 88) data sheet LUKDUALBRLLDRS0816e Stadler Rail, 2016-084,000 kW, 708 kW diesel, 317 kN, 160 km/h (99 mph)
- British Rail Class 88 Wikipedia (secondary; must be paired), 2026-10-2586 t, wheel diameter 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm)
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- No length, height, width, bogie data in either source.
- Weight and wheel diameter Wikipedia only.
- 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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