British Rail Class 17

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Withdrawals took place from the late 1960s to 1971, some locomotives having a working life of less than five years. Class 17 Availability Discontinued Features Class 17 in three liveries and working headcode boxes PCV wagons Scenarios None Price Unknown Directory IHH\Class_17 The Clayton examples were delivered to the Scottish Region depots at Polmadie and Haymarket, although some later migrated to Kingmoor on the London Midland Region. Clayton Type 1 British Railways class 17: D8574 at Glasgow Works.

The Class 17s had by far the shortest lives of any significant BR diesel-electric locomotive design, with many examples having a working life of less than five years. Jump to: navigation, search.

The British Rail Class 17 (also known as the Clayton Type 1) is a class of 117 Bo-Bo diesel-electric locomotives built 1962–1965 by Clayton Equipment Company and their sub-contractor Beyer, Peacock & Co., for British Railways (BR). This Pic is part of a collection from the 1960's & 1970's.

This design was arguably the least successful diesel locomotive ever employed on British Railways after the ill-fated Withdrawals began in July 1968 and the final locomotives were withdrawn in December 1971. After withdrawal in 1971, D8568 went on to see industrial use at Hemelite, Hemel Hempstead and at Ribblesdale Cement, Clitheroe, and was then secured for preservation. Most had been scrapped by the end of 1975, but at this time the possibility of converting 9 of the remaining locos to battery operation was mooted. Following problems with the single-cabbed Pilot Scheme Type 1 locomotives, the Class 17s were designed with a centre cab and low bonnets to maximise visibility for the driver.

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One was sold to an industrial user and has been preserved.

Build date 1962–1965 Total production

British Railways ordered 117 off the drawing board, and announced to the railway press that these locos were to be the new Type 1 standard.This design was arguably the least successful diesel locomotive ever employed on British Railways, even more so than the ill-fated Although the Rolls Royce and Crompton Parkinson engined examples had better reliability, no further examples were ordered and BR decided to dispose of the type, replacing them with an order for 100 of the already proven Withdrawals began in July 1968 and the final locomotives were withdrawn in December 1971. Paxman 6ZHXL, (2 of) In September 1963 numbers D8501 and D8536 moved to the Tyne Dock area where they were tested in multiple on Consett iron ore trains. These were designed by John Barnes, who also designed the smaller but more successful Class 14 0-6-0 diesels built for branch line work. This came to nothing, and although D8521 and D8598 enjoyed a brief reprieve by being sent to Derby Research Centre; one as mobile power plant and the other on test trains, both were withdrawn in 1978 and subsequently scrapped. Source: Wikipedia.

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British railway locomotives and miscellany, 1948 to present

The British Rail Class 17, originally known as the Clayton Type 1, was a class of diesel locomotive operated by British Railways This page was last changed on 23 July 2018, at 12:48.

These were designed by John Barnes, who also designed the smaller but more successful Class 14 0-6-0 diesels built for branch line work.

This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total. However this made it necessary to use two Paxman engines and gave the class a unique design. Clayton Equipment Company and Beyer Peacock and Co. The last two of the Clayton-built batch, D8586-D8587, each had a pair of Rolls Royce Type D engines.