British Rail Class 26

Specifications
Specifications
Configuration:;
• UIC	Bo'Bo'
• Commonwealth	Bo-Bo
Gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Wheel diameter	3 ft 7 in (1.092 m)
Minimum curve	5 chains (100 m)
Wheelbase	39 ft 0 in (11.89 m)
Length	50 ft 9 in (15.47 m)
Width	8 ft 10 in (2.69 m)
Height	12 ft 8 in (3.86 m)
Loco weight	D5300–D5319: 77.5 long tons (78.7 t; 86.8 short tons); D5320–D5346: 74 long tons (75.2 t; 82.9 short tons)
Fuel capacity	500 imp gal (2,300 L; 600 US gal)
Prime mover	Sulzer 6LDA28-A
Generator	DC
Traction motors	four Crompton Parkinson DC traction motors
Transmission	Diesel electric
MU working	★ Blue Star
Train heating	Steam (when fitted)
Train brakes	Originally vacuum only, all converted to air and vacuum (dual braked)

Type and origin
Type and origin
Power type	Diesel-electric
Builder	Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Company
Serial number	DEL45–DEL91
Build date	1958–1959
Total produced	47

BRCW Type 2
British Rail Class 26
BRCW Type 2; British Rail Class 26
	26037 at Carlisle in the 1980s
Power type
Type and origin
Power type	Diesel-electric
Builder	Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Company
Serial number	DEL45–DEL91
Build date	1958–1959
Total produced	47
Configuration:;
Specifications
Configuration:;
• UIC	Bo'Bo'
• Commonwealth	Bo-Bo
Gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Wheel diameter	3 ft 7 in (1.092 m)
Minimum curve	5 chains (100 m)
Wheelbase	39 ft 0 in (11.89 m)
Length	50 ft 9 in (15.47 m)
Width	8 ft 10 in (2.69 m)
Height	12 ft 8 in (3.86 m)
Loco weight	D5300–D5319: 77.5 long tons (78.7 t; 86.8 short tons); D5320–D5346: 74 long tons (75.2 t; 82.9 short tons)
Fuel capacity	500 imp gal (2,300 L; 600 US gal)
Prime mover	Sulzer 6LDA28-A
Generator	DC
Traction motors	four Crompton Parkinson DC traction motors
Transmission	Diesel electric
MU working	★ Blue Star
Train heating	Steam (when fitted)
Train brakes	Originally vacuum only, all converted to air and vacuum (dual braked)
Maximum speed
Performance figures
Maximum speed	80 mph (130 km/h)
Power output	Engine: 1,160 hp (865 kW) @750 rpm; At rail: 900 hp (671 kW)
Tractive effort	Maximum: 42,000 lbf (187 kN); Continuous: 30,000 lbf (133 kN)
Brakeforce	35 long tons-force (350 kN)
Operators
Career
Operators	British Railways
Numbers	D5300–D5346; later 26001–26046
Axle load class	D5300–D5319: Route availability 6; D5320–D5346: Route availability 5
First run	1958
Withdrawn	1972 (1), 1975–1994
Disposition	13 preserved, remainder scrapped

The British Rail Class 26 diesel locomotives, also known as the BRCW Type 2, were built by the Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Company (BRCW) at Smethwick in 1958–59. Forty seven examples were built and the last were withdrawn from service in 1994. Like their higher-powered sisters, the BRCW Classes 27 and 33, they had all-steel bodies and cab ends with fibreglass cab roofs. They were numbered D5300-D5346.