The
British Rail Class 10 diesel locomotive was a variation on the
Class 08 diesel-electric shunter in which a
Blackstone diesel engine was fitted instead of one made by the
English Electric company.
Traction motors were by the
General Electric Company plc (GEC); the
class D3/5 were similar, but had
British Thomson-Houston (BTH) traction motors
The locomotives were built at the BR Works in
Darlington and
Doncaster over the period 1955ndash;1962. At first they were classified
D3/4, then
3/1C before becoming
Class 10 under
TOPS
