The British Rail Class 57 is a type of diesel locomotive that was remanufactured from Class 47s by Brush Traction of Loughborough between 1998 and 2004. The Class 57 was produced in response to an order placed in November 1997 by the …

The British Rail Class 57 diesel locomotives is a diesel locomotive that was built by Brush Traction between 1997 and 2004. They are rebuilds, with new engines, of older Class 47 locomotives, originally introduced in 1964–1965.

The Class 57 diesel locomotives were re-manufactured by Brush Traction, Loughborough, between 1998 and 2004 from Class 47s. The locomotives were fitted with re-conditioned EMD engines and traction alternators of the same model as those fitted to Class 56 locomotives.

The British Rail class 57 is a diesel-electric locomotive rebuilt from older class 47 locomotives from 1997-2004. They were built by Brush/GM in Loughborough and have General Motors engines and air brakes.

The British Rail Class 57 is a type of diesel-electric locomotive, which was built from 1964-1967 and later rebuilt from 1998-2004. It has a Co-Co wheel arrangement, with a maximum speed of 95 mph and a power output of up to 2800 horsepower.

2021年10月6日 · The Class 57 was devised as a low-cost way to create a "new" diesel locomotive [1]. Class 47 s were gutted down to their body shells and then refitted with refurbished and reconditioned equipment including second-hand General Motors diesel engines and reconditioned Class 56 alternators [2].

The Class 57 is a re-engineered locomotive, rebuilt by Brush Traction at Loughborough from redundant Class 47 locomotives. The locomotives are fitted with a refurbished General Motors engine, and a reconditioned alternator, vastly improving reliability and performance.

The British Rail Class 57 is a type of diesel locomotive that was remanufactured from Class 47s by Brush Traction of Loughborough between 1998 and 2004 and was produced in response to an order placed in November 1997 by the recently privatised freight operator Freightliner. The company sought to have its aging Class 47s, some of which had become increasingly unreliable and uncompetitive in ...

Since the procurement of new locomotives would have been too expensive, they decided to rebuild the old locomotives and designate them class 57. Brush Traction took over the task to fit them with re-condtioned 12-cylinder EMD two-stroke engines and the traction alternators which are also used in the class 56.

The British Rail Class 57 is a type of diesel locomotive that was remanufactured from Class 47s by Brush Traction of Loughborough between 1998 and 2004.