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British Transport Commission The British Transport Commission (BTC) was created by Clement Attlee's post-war Labour government as a part of its nationalisation programme, to oversee railways, canals and road freight transport in Great Britain (Northern Ireland had the se ...
, later
British Rail British Railways (BR), which from 1965 traded as British Rail, was a state-owned company that operated most of the overground rail transport in Great Britain from 1948 to 1997. It was formed from the nationalisation of the Big Four British rai ...
ways, used engine power output to categorise its requirements for the new main line diesel locomotive fleet following the 1955 modernisation plan. The locomotives built and put into service are listed below classified with the
TOPS Total Operations Processing System (TOPS) is a computer system for managing railway locomotives and rolling stock, known for many years of use in the United Kingdom. TOPS was originally developed between the Southern Pacific Railroad (SP), S ...
class numbers that were introduced in the early 1970s.


Type 1

Locomotives classed as Type 1 were of 1,000 bhp or below. * Class 14 * Class 15 * Class 16 * Class 17 * Class 20 *Certain members of Class 21 *Certain members of Class 22


Type 2

Locomotives classed as Type 2 produced between 1,001 bhp and 1,499 bhp. *Certain members of Class 21 *Certain members of Class 22 * Class 23 * Class 24 * Class 25 * Class 26 * Class 27 * Class 28 * Class 29 * Class 30/31


Type 3

Locomotives classed as Type 3 produced between 1,500 bhp and 1,999 bhp. * Class 33/34 * Class 35 * Class 37


Type 4

Locomotives classed as Type 4 produced between 2,000 bhp and 2,999 bhp. * Class 40 * Class 41 * Class 42 * Class 43 (Warship) * Class 43 (HST) * Class 44 * Class 45 * Class 46 * Class 47 * Class 48 * Class 50 * Class 52 * Class 53 * Class 57 * D0260 Lion (prototype) * DP2 (prototype)


Type 5

Locomotives classed as Type 5 produced 3,000 bhp or more. * Class 55 * Class 56 * Class 58 * Class 59 * Class 60 * Class 66 * Class 67 * Class 68 * Class 70


References


List of types
* British Rail Power Classifications