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British Rail Class 70 (diesel)

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British Rail Class 70
Locomotive number 70001 leaves a tunnel
Type and origin
Power typeDiesel-electric
BuilderGeneral Electric
ModelJS37ACi
Build date2009-2017
Total produced36 (plus one sent back to USA)
Specifications
Configuration:
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 • WhyteCo-Co
 • UICCo'Co'
Gauge4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Wheel diameter1,067 mm
Length23.0 m (75 ft 6 in)
Width2.64 m (8 ft 8 in)
Height3.92 m (12 ft 10 in)
Loco weight129 t (127 long tons; 142 short tons)
Fuel capacity6,000 L (1,300 imp gal; 1,600 US gal)
Performance figures
Maximum speed120 km/h (75 mph)
Power outputEngine: 2,750 kW (3,690 bhp)
Career
OperatorsFreightliner
Colas Rail [en]

The Class 70 is a British designation for a type of diesel locomotive made by General Electric, which calls the type PowerHaul. The first were built for Freightliner (UK) by General Electric in a country in the USA.

History

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Freightliner locomotives

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The first two locomotives rolled out of GE's Erie, Pennsylvania factory in July 2009. They were tested in the same month.[1] The first units arrived at Newport Docks on 8 November 2008.[2][3]

Colas Rail locomotives

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In November 2013, Colas Rail [en] announced that they would buy 10 Class 70 locomotives. These would enter service in 2014.[4] Colas later ordered seven more units in 2015. These were delivered in 2017.[5]

Accidents and incidents

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  • On 10 January 2011, locomotive number 70012 was being unloaded by a crane from a ship after delivery. The crane's lifting gear failed, and the locomotive fell about 13 feet back into the ship.[6]

References

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  1. ↑ "Freightliner PowerHaul locomotives ready for testing". Railway Gazette International. 10 July 2009. Archived from the original on 17 June 2011. Retrieved 21 January 2011.
  2. ↑ "PowerHaul arrival brings GE into European loco market". Railway Gazette International. 8 November 2009. Archived from the original on 11 November 2009. Retrieved 9 November 2009.
  3. ↑ "GE lands first British locomotive order". International Railway Journal. January 2008. p. 5.
  4. ↑ "Colas Rail orders 10 GE Transportation PowerHaul locomotives". Railway Gazette. 21 November 2013. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
  5. ↑ Pritchard, Robert (February 2016). "More 70s for Colas Rail". Today's Railways. No. 170. Platform 5. p. 58.
  6. ↑ "New Class 70 dropped during unloading". Rail. No. 662. Bauer Consumer Media. 26 January 2011.

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