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57301 at Bangor on 20th July 2004

General Information

Nickname

Ronnie's

Numbers Carried:

57001-012/301-316/601-605

Design:

Brush

Construction:

Rebuilt 1997-2004 by Brush Traction, Loughborough

Area of Use:

London Midland, Western and Scottish

Colours

Freightliner Green - Carried by Freightliner leased locomotives
First Great Western Green with gold stripe - Carried on GW leased locomotives
Virgin Silver and Red - Carried on Virgin's 57/3s
Porterbrook Purple - Carried on 57601 from 2001 to 2004
West Coast Maroon - Repaint on 57601 from 2004

Technical Details

Length over buffers - 19.38 m
Max Body Width - 2.79 m
Max Height Above Rail - 3.9 m
Weight - 117-120.6 t
Max Speed - 75 mph (57001-12), 95 mph (57301-316/601-605)
Max Tractive Effort - 55000 lb
Diesel Engines - GM 645-12E3 of 2500 hp at 900 rpm (57001-12/601), GM 645-F3B-12 of 2750 hp at 900 rpm (57301-16/602-5)
Fuel Tank Capacity - 5550 litres (57/0), 5587 litres (57/3 and 57/6)

Allocation History

Initial Allocations -

Subclasses

Disposals Chronology

Withdrawals List

None except 57601 sold from Porterbrook to West Coast Railway Company

Extra Notes

• There 33 locomotives were rebuilt from Class 47s at Loughborough.
• A total of 32 nameplates have been carried by the 57's. The only unnamed one is 57601.
• These locos were named by theme based on the company who operates them: Freightliner locos carried names beginning with Freightliner, Virgin locos were named after the 1960 TV programme Thunderbirds starting with No. 1 Scott Tracy and First Great Western named there locos ending with Castle and have cast numberplates following their tradition.
• 57/3s have ugly Dellner couplers for working with Pendolinos for Sunday 'Drags' when engineering work going on, thunderbird duties and even from Crewe to Holyhead.
• 57601 had the largest number on a loco in Britain
• 57601 was sold as being non standard

Preservation

None, thankfully