The Eurotunnel Class 0031

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s were built by the

Hunslet Engine Company The Hunslet Engine Company is a locomotive-building company, founded in 1864 in Hunslet, England. It manufactured steam locomotives for over 100 years and currently manufactures diesel shunting locomotives. The company is part of Ed Murray & S ...

between 1989 and 1990 for

Channel Tunnel The Channel Tunnel (french: Tunnel sous la Manche), also known as the Chunnel, is a railway tunnel that connects Folkestone (Kent, England, UK) with Coquelles ( Hauts-de-France, France) beneath the English Channel at the Strait of Dover. ...

construction work and now used for maintenance duties. They were originally built as gauge, and were subsequently rebuilt by

Schöma Schöma is a company based in Diepholz, Germany, specialising in the construction of small diesel locomotives. After Christoph Schöttler left his father's business, the :de:Diepholzer Maschinenfabrik Fritz Schöttler, Diepholzer Maschinenfabrik ...

to in Germany between 1993 and 1994. Twelve locomotives were built, numbered 0031–0042. They carry a yellow livery and are used by

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for shunting duties at Cheriton and

Coquelles Coquelles (; vls, Kalkwelle, lang) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department near Calais in northern France. The town comprises a shopping centre, hotels and farm in Vieille Coquelles (old Coquelles), part of the L'Européenne autoroute ( ...

depots.

Names

All the locomotives are named: * 0031 Frances * 0032 Elisabeth * 0033 Silke * 0034 Amanda * 0035 Mary * 0036 Lawrence * 0037 Lydie * 0038 Jenny * 0039 Pacita * 0040 Jill * 0041 Kim * 0042 Nicole

References

0031 B locomotives Hunslet locomotives Channel Tunnel 900 mm gauge locomotives Standard gauge locomotives of Great Britain Standard gauge locomotives of France Railway locomotives introduced in 1993 {{France-rail-transport-stub