British Rail Class 45
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{{Infobox Locomotive
|name = Derby Type 4<br>British Rail Class 45
|powertype = Diesel-electric
|image = D124 - st pancras - 1965.jpg
|caption = D124 at [[St Pancras]], in 1965 wearing green livery.
|nicknames = 'Peak'
|builder = [[British Railways]]’ [[Derby Works]] and [[Crewe Works]]
|builddate = 1960–1962
|roadnumber = D11–D137; later 45001–45077, 45101–45150
|totalproduction = 127
|primemover = [[Sulzer (manufacturer)|Sulzer]] 12LDA28-B
|generator =
|tractionmotors =
|whytetype = 1Co-Co1
|uicclass = (1Co)'(Co1)'
|wheeldiameter = {{convert|3|ft|9|in|m|3|abbr=on}}
|minimumcurve = {{convert|5|chain|m|lk=in}}
|trainbrakes = Vacuum
|locobrakeforce = {{convert|63|LTf|kN|sigfig=3|abbr=on|lk=on}}
|wheelbase = {{convert|59|ft|8|in|m|2|abbr=on}}
|length = {{convert|67|ft|11|in|m|2|abbr=on}}
|width = {{convert|8|ft|10+1/2|in|m|2|abbr=on}}
|height = {{convert|12|ft|10|in|m|2|abbr=on}}
|weight = {{convert|133|LT|sigfig=3|lk=on}}
|topspeed = {{convert|90|mph|km/h|0|abbr=on}}
|poweroutput = ''Engine:'' {{convert|2500|bhp|0|abbr=on|lk=on}}<br>''At rail:'' {{convert|2000|hp|0|abbr=on}}
|tractiveeffort = ''Maximum:'' {{convert|55000|lbf|kN|sigfig=3|abbr=on|lk=on}}
|fuelcap = {{convert|840|impgal|abbr=on|lk=on}}
|axleloadclass = [[Route availability]] 7
|trainheating = ''45/0:'' [[Steam generator (railroad)|Steam]]<br>''45/1:'' [[Head end power|Electric Train Heat]]
|multipleworking = <font color=blue>★</font> Blue Star
|railroad = [[British Railways]]
}}
The [[British Rail]] '''Class 45''' also known as the '''Sulzer Type 4''' [[diesel locomotive]]s were built by British Rail at their [[Derby Works|Derby]] and [[Crewe Works]] between 1960 and 1962. They were the successors to the [[British Rail Class 44|Class 44]] locomotives. When initially put into service the locomotives were fitted with [[Multiple working|multi-unit working]] and [[Steam generator (railroad)|steam heating boilers]] for passenger service. In the early 1970s fifty were fitted with [[electric train supply]] in place of their steam heating boilers, and assigned to work services on the [[Midland Main Line]] from [[St Pancras railway station|London St Pancras]] to [[Nottingham]], [[Derby]] and [[Sheffield]]. All were withdrawn from service by 1989.
==Photos==
[[Image:45111 Crewe 16th July 1986.jpg|thumb|left|45111 ''Grenadier Guardsman'' at [[Crewe]] on [[16 July]] [[1986]].]]
[[Image:45112 at Derby.jpg|thumb|left|Withdrawn by BR in 1987 and preserved but reinstated by [[Fragonset Railways]] is 45112 ''The Royal Army Ordnance Corps'', seen here at Derby on [[11 August]] [[2004]].]]
[[Image:Great Central Railway D123 Kinchley Lane.jpg|thumb|left|D123 approaches Kinchley Lane on the Great Central Railway.]]
[[Image:45135.jpg|thumb|left|45135 leaves Bury for Heywood on the East Lancashire Railway.]]
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==Fleet details==
{| class="wikitable"
!colspan=2|Number(s)
!Name
!Withdrawn
!Disposal details
|-
|D11
|45122
|
|27/04/1987
|Scrapped at [[MC Metals|MC Metals Glasgow]] (02/1994)
|-
|D12
|45011
|
|05/1981
|Scrapped at [[BREL]] Derby Works (09/1981)
|-
|D13
|45001
|
|01/1986
|Scrapped at BREL Derby Works (11/1988)
|-
|bgcolor=#87cefa align=center|D14
|bgcolor=#87cefa align=center|45015
|bgcolor=#87cefa|
|bgcolor=#87cefa align=center|03/1986
|bgcolor=#87cefa|Preserved at [[Battlefield Line Railway|The Battlefield Line]]
|-
|D15
|45018
|
|04/1981
|Scrapped at BREL Swindon Works (10/1982)
|-
|D16
|45016
|
|11/1985
|Scrapped at [[Vic Berry|Vic Berry Leicester]] (12/1986)
|-
|D17
|45024
|
|10/1980
|Scrapped at BREL Swindon Works (08/1983)
|-
|D18
|45121
|''Pegasus'' (unofficial name)
|19/11/1987
|Scrapped by Thomas Hill at BREL Crewe Works (09/1993)
|-
|D19
|45025
|
|05/1981
|Scrapped at BREL Derby Works (11/1981)
|-
|D20
|45013
|''Wyvern'' (unofficial name)
|04/1987
|Scrapped at MC Metals Glasgow (02/1994)
|-
|D21
|45026
|
|04/1986
|Scrapped at MC Metals Glasgow (11/1988)
|-
|bgcolor=#87cefa align=center|D22
|bgcolor=#87cefa align=center|45132
|bgcolor=#87cefa|
|bgcolor=#87cefa align=center|09:39 on 11/05/1987
|bgcolor=#87cefa|Preserved at [[Watercress Line|Mid-Hants Railway]]
|-
|D23
|45017
|
|08/1985
|Scrapped at MC Metals Glasgow (11/1991)
|-
|D24
|45027
|
|05/1981
|Scrapped at BREL Swindon Works (09/1983)
|-
|D25
|45021
|
|12/1980
|Scrapped at BREL Swindon Works (04/1983)
|-
|D26
|45020
|
|12/1985
|Scrapped at Vic Berry Leicester (08/1988)
|-
|D27
|45028
|
|01/1981
|Scrapped at BREL Swindon Works (04/1983)
|-
|D28
|45124
|''Unicorn'' (unofficial name)
|12:34 on 22/01/1988
|Scrapped at MC Metals Glasgow (10/1991)
|-
|D29
|45002
|
|09/1984
|Scrapped at MC Metals Glasgow (11/1988)
|-
|D30
|45029
|
|07/1987
|Scrapped at MC Metals Glasgow (10/1991)
|-
|D31
|45030
|
|11/1980
|Scrapped at BREL Derby Works (03/1981)
|-
|D32
|45126
|
|27/04/1987
|Scrapped at MC Metals Glasgow (04/1992)
|-
|D33
|45019
|
|09/1985
|Scrapped at Vic Berry Leicester (01/1987)
|-
|D34
|45119
|
|07/05/1987
|Scrapped at MC Metals Glasgow (04/1994)
|-
|D35
|45117
|
|12/05/1986
|Scrapped at Vic Berry Leicester (02/1987)
|-
|D36
|45031
|
|05/1981
|Scrapped at BREL Derby Works (10/1981)
|-
|D37
|45009
|
|09/1986
|Scrapped at Vic Berry Leicester (08/1988)
|-
|D38
|45032
|
|12/1980
|Scrapped at BREL Swindon Works (09/1983)
|-
|D39
|45033
|''Sirius'' (unofficial name)
|02/1988
|Scrapped at MC Metals Glasgow (02/1992)
|-
|bgcolor=#87cefa align=center|D40
|bgcolor=#87cefa align=center|45133
|bgcolor=#87cefa|
|bgcolor=#87cefa align=center|10/05/1987
|bgcolor=#87cefa|Preserved at [[Midland Railway Butterley]]
|-
|D41
|45147
|
|04/01/1985
|Scrapped at Patricroft by Vic Berry Leicester (03/1985)
|-
|D42
|45034
|
|07/1987
|Scrapped at MC Metals Glasgow (05/1992)
|-
|D43
|45107
|''Phoenix'' (unofficial name)
|15:19 on 27/07/1988
|Scrapped at MC Metals Glasgow (03/1990)
|-
|D44
|45035
|
|05/1981
|Scrapped at BREL Derby Works (11/1981)
|-
|D45
|45036
|
|05/1986
|Scrapped at Vic Berry Leicester (08/1988)
|-
|D46
|45037
|''Eclipse'' (unofficial name)
|07/1988
|Scrapped at MC Metals Glasgow (03/1992)
|-
|D47
|45116
|
|22/12/1986
|Scrapped at Vic Berry Leicester (09/1988)
|-
|D48
|45038
|
|06/1985
|Scrapped at Vic Berry Leicester (12/1986)
|-
|D49
|45039
|''The Manchester Regiment''
|12/1980
|Scrapped at BREL Swindon Works (04/1983)
|-
|D50
|45040
|''The King's Shropshire Light Infantry''
|07/1987
|Scrapped at MC Metals Glasgow (10/1991)
|-
|D51
|45102
|
|09/09/1986
|Scrapped at Vic Berry Leicester (10/1988)
|-
|D52
|45123
|''The Lancashire Fusilier''
|22/07/1986
|Scrapped at Vic Berry Leicester (11/1988)
|-
|bgcolor=#87cefa align=center|D53
|bgcolor=#87cefa align=center|45041
|bgcolor=#87cefa|''Royal Tank Regiment''
|bgcolor=#87cefa align=center|08/06/1988
|bgcolor=#87cefa|Preserved at [[Midland Railway Butterley]]
|-
|D54
|45023
|''The Royal Pioneer Corps''
|09/1984
|Scrapped at Vic Berry Leicester (10/1986)
|-
|D55
|45144
|''Royal Signals''
|21/12/1987
|Scrapped at Vic Berry Leicester (06/1988)
|-
|D56
|45137
|''Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment (TA)''
|16/06/1987
|Scrapped at MC Metals Glasgow (03/1994)
|-
|D57
|45042
|
|04/1985
|Scrapped at Vic Berry Leicester (11/1986)
|-
|D58
|45043
|''The King's Own Royal Border Regiment''
|09/1984
|Scrapped at Vic Berry Leicester (01/1987)
|-
|D59
|45104
|''The Royal Warwickshire Fusilier''
|13/04/1988
|Scrapped at MC Metals Glasgow (02/1992)
|-
|D60
|45022
|''Lytham St Annes''
|07/1987
|Scrapped at MC Metals Glasgow (10/1991)
|-
|bgcolor=#87cefa align=center|D61
|bgcolor=#87cefa align=center|45112
|bgcolor=#87cefa|''Royal Army Ordnance Corps''
|bgcolor=#87cefa align=center|14:43 on 07/05/1987
|bgcolor=#87cefa|Preserved by [[FM Rail]]
|-
|D62
|45143
|''5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards 1685-1985''
|14:43 on 07/05/1987
|Scrapped at MC Metals Glasgow (03/1994)
|-
|D63
|45044
|''Royal Inniskilling Fusilier''
|06/1987
|Scrapped at MC Metals Glasgow (11/1988)
|-
|D64
|45045
|''Coldstream Guardsman''
|05/1983
|Scrapped at Vic Berry Leicester (10/1986)
|-
|D65
|45111
|''Grenadier Guardsman''
|14:43 on 07/05/1987
|Scrapped at MC Metals Glasgow (04/1992)
|-
|D66
|45146
|
|07/04/1987
|Scrapped at MC Metals Glasgow (03/1992)
|-
|bgcolor=#87cefa align=center|D67
|bgcolor=#87cefa align=center|45118
|bgcolor=#87cefa|''The Royal Artilleryman''
|bgcolor=#87cefa align=center|08/05/1987
|bgcolor=#87cefa|Preserved at [[Northampton & Lamport Railway]]
|-
|D68
|45046
|''Royal Fusilier''
|08/1988
|Scrapped at MC Metals Glasgow (02/1992)
|-
|D69
|45047
|
|08/1980
|Scrapped at BREL Derby Works (02/1981)
|-
|D70
|45048
|''The Royal Marines''
|06/1985
|Scrapped at MC Metals Glasgow (11/1988)
|-
|D71
|45049
|''The Staffordshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales' Own)''
|10/1987
|Scrapped at MC Metals Glasgow (11/1988)
|-
|D72
|45050
|
|09/1984
|Scrapped at Vic Berry Leicester (03/1987)
|-
|D73
|45110
|''Medusa'' (unofficial name)
|15:19 on 27/07/1988
|Scrapped at MC Metals Glasgow (03/1990)
|-
|D74
|45051
|
|04/1987
|Scrapped at MC Metals Glasgow (11/1988)
|-
|D75
|45052
|''Satan'' and ''Nimrod'' (unofficial names)
|06/1988
|Scrapped at MC Metals Glasgow (09/1991)
|-
|D76
|45053
|
|11/1983
|Scrapped at Crewe Works by A Hampton (10/1988)
|-
|D77
|45004
|''Royal Irish Fusilier''
|12/1985
|Scrapped at MC Metals Glasgow (11/1988)
|-
|D78
|45150
|''Vampire'' (unofficial name)
|10:40 on 04/02/1988
|Scrapped at MC Metals Glasgow (12/1991)
|-
|D79
|45005
|
|03/1986
|Scrapped at Vic Berry Leicester (12/1988)
|-
|D80
|45113
|''Athene'' (unofficial name)
|02/08/1988
|Scrapped at MC Metals Glasgow (03/1990)
|-
|D81
|45115
|
|13/06/1988
|Scrapped at MC Metals Glasgow (03/1990)
|-
|D82
|45141
|''Zephyr'' (unofficial name)
|04/08/1988
|Scrapped at MC Metals Glasgow (03/1992)
|-
|D83
|45142
|
|19/06/1987
|Scrapped at MC Metals Glasgow (03/1994)
|-
|D84
|45055
|''Royal Corps of Transport''
|04/1985
|Scrapped at Vic Berry Leicester (11/1986)
|-
|D85
|45109
|
|27/01/1986
|Scrapped at Vic Berry Leicester (11/1986)
|-
|bgcolor=#87cefa align=center|D86
|bgcolor=#87cefa align=center|45105
|bgcolor=#87cefa|
|bgcolor=#87cefa align=center|16:25 on 11/05/1987
|bgcolor=#87cefa|Preserved at [[Barrow Hill Engine Shed|Barrow Hill]]
|-
|D87
|45127
|
|14:43 on 07/05/1987
|Scrapped at [[J&S Metals|Crewe Works by J&S Metals]] (03/1994)
|-
|D88
|45136
|
|14:43 on 07/05/1987
|Scrapped at MC Metals Glasgow (03/1992)
|-
|D89
|45006
|''Honourable Artillery Company''
|09/1986
|Scrapped at Vic Berry Leicester (10/1988)
|-
|D90
|45008
|
|12/1980
|Scrapped at BREL Swindon Works (09/1983)
|-
|D91
|45056
|
|12/1985
|Scrapped at Vic Berry Leicester (11/1986)
|-
|D92
|45138
|
|22/12/1986
|Scrapped at MC Metals Glasgow (04/1994)
|-
|D93
|45057
|
|01/1985
|Scrapped at Vic Berry Leicester (03/1987)
|-
|D94
|45114
|
|15:35 on 17/02/1987
|Scrapped at MC Metals Glasgow (02/1994)
|-
|D95
|45054
|
|01/1985
|Scrapped at Toton MPD by Vic Berry (11/1985)
|-
|D96
|45101
|
|13/11/1986
|Scrapped at Vic Berry Leicester (10/1988)
|-
|D97
|45058
|
|09/1987
|Scrapped at MC Metals Glasgow (03/1994)
|-
|D98
|45059
|''Royal Engineer''
|03/1986
|Scrapped at Vic Berry Leicester (11/1988)
|-
|bgcolor=#87cefa align=center|D99
|bgcolor=#87cefa align=center|45135
|bgcolor=#87cefa|''3rd Carabinier''
|bgcolor=#87cefa align=center|09/03/1987
|bgcolor=#87cefa|Preserved at [[East Lancashire Railway]]
|-
|bgcolor=#87cefa align=center|D100
|bgcolor=#87cefa align=center|45060
|bgcolor=#87cefa|''Sherwood Forester''
|bgcolor=#87cefa align=center|12/1985
|bgcolor=#87cefa|Preserved at [[Barrow Hill Engine Shed|Barrow Hill]]
|-
|D101
|45061
|
|08/1981
|Scrapped at BREL Swindon Works (04/1982)
|-
|D102
|45140
|''Mercury'' (unofficial name)
|11:47 on 29/03/1988
|Scrapped at MC Metals Glasgow (09/1991)
|-
|D103
|45062
|
|07/1987
|Scrapped at MC Metals Glasgow (03/1994)
|-
|D104
|45063
|
|05/1986
|Scrapped at Vic Berry Leicester (11/1988)
|-
|D105
|45064
|
|01/1985
|Scrapped at Vic Berry Leicester (11/1988)
|-
|D106
|45106
|''Vulcan'' (unofficial name)
|15:19 on 27/07/1988, reinstated 04/08/1988. Finally withdrawn 02/1989
|Scrapped at [[C F Booth Ltd|CF Booth Rotherham]] (04/1992)
|-
|D107
|45120
|
|24/03/1987
|Scrapped at MC Metals Glasgow (11/1991)
|-
|D108
|45012
|''Wyvern II'' (unofficial name)
|07/1988
|Scrapped at MC Metals Glasgow (03/1992)
|-
|D109
|45139
|
|27/04/1987
|Scrapped at MC Metals Glasgow (03/1994)
|-
|D110
|45065
|
|03/1985
|Scrapped at Vic Berry Leicester (12/1988)
|-
|D111
|45129
|
|11/06/1987
|Scrapped at Vic Berry Leicester (12/1988)
|-
|D112
|45010
|
|03/1985
|Scrapped at MC Metals Glasgow (11/1988)
|-
|D113
|45128
|''Centaur'' (unofficial name)
|02/08/1988. reinstated 02/1989 then finally withdrawn 04/1989
|Scrapped at MC Metals Glasgow (03/1992)
|-
|D114
|45066
|''Amethyst'' (unofficial name)
|07/1987. Reinstated 23/10/1987 then finally withdrawn on 26/07/1988
|Scrapped at MC Metals Glasgow (10/1991)
|-
|D115
|45067
|
|07/1977
|Scrapped at BREL Derby Works (06/1980)
|-
|D116
|45103
|''Griffon'' (unofficial name)
|02/08/1988
|Scrapped at MC Metals Glasgow (03/1990)
|-
|D117
|45130
|
|10/05/1987
|Scrapped at MC Metals Glasgow (03/1992)
|-
|D118
|45068
|
|01/1986
|Scrapped at Allerton MPD by [[Vic Berry]] (04/1986)
|-
|D119
|45007
|''Taliesin'' (unofficial name)
|07/1988
|Scrapped at MC Metals Glasgow (03/1992)
|-
|bgcolor=#87cefa align=center|D120
|bgcolor=#87cefa align=center|45108
|bgcolor=#87cefa|
|bgcolor=#87cefa align=center|11:27 on 04/08/1987
|bgcolor=#87cefa|Preserved at Midland railway Centre Butterley
|-
|D121
|45069
|
|07/1986
|Scrapped at Vic Berry Leicester (10/1988)
|-
|D122
|45070
|
|01/1987
|Scrapped at MC Metals Glasgow (11/1988)
|-
|bgcolor=#87cefa align=center|D123
|bgcolor=#87cefa align=center|45125
|bgcolor=#87cefa|
|bgcolor=#87cefa align=center|14:43 on 07/05/1987
|bgcolor=#87cefa|Preserved at [[Great Central Railway (preserved)|Great Central Railway]]
|-
|D124
|45131
|
|16:00 on 03/09/1986
|Scrapped at Vic Berry Leicester (11/1988)
|-
|D125
|45071
|
|07/1981
|Scrapped at BREL Swindon Works (07/1983)
|-
|D126
|45134
|''Neptune'' (unofficial name)
|12:16 on 17/09/1987
|Scrapped at MC Metals Glasgow (11/1991)
|-
|D127
|45072
|
|04/1985
|Scrapped at Vic Berry Leicester (11/1986)
|-
|D128
|45145
|''Scylla'' (unofficial name)
|09/09/1987. Reinstated 19/10/1987 then finally withdrawn 11:11 on 23/02/1988
|Scrapped at MC Metals Glasgow (12/1991)
|-
|D129
|45073
|
|10/1981
|Scrapped at BREL Derby Works (11/1982)
|-
|D130
|45148
|
|11:43 on 11/02/1987
|Scrapped at MC Metals Glasgow (04/1992)
|-
|D131
|45074
|
|09/1985
|Scrapped at Vic Berry Leicester (10/1988)
|-
|D132
|45075
|
|01/1985
|Scrapped at Vic Berry Leicester (03/1987)
|-
|D133
|45003
|
|12/1985
|Scrapped at Vic Berry Leicester (04/1987)
|-
|D134
|45076
|
|11/1986
|Scrapped at MC Metals Glasgow (03/1994)
|-
|bgcolor=#87cefa align=center|D135
|bgcolor=#87cefa align=center|45149
|bgcolor=#87cefa|''Phaeton'' (unofficial name)
|bgcolor=#87cefa align=center|16:00 on 14/09/1987
|bgcolor=#87cefa|Preserved at [[Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway]]
|-
|D136
|45077
|
|08/1986
|Scrapped at MC Metals Glasgow (09/1988)
|-
|D137
|45014
|''The Cheshire Regiment''
|03/1986
|Scrapped at Ashburys by Vic Berry (08/1986)
|-
|}
==Preservation==
Twelve locomotives survive in preservation. A quick summary of these is as follows (a more detailed study can be found above):
* 45015 - Currently awaiting restoration at the Battlefield Railway
* 45041 - In Operational Condition at the Midland Railway Butterley
* 45060 - Stored serviceable at Barrow Hill Roundhouse
* 45105 - Under restoration at Barrow Hill Roundhouse
* 45108 - Stored at The Midland Railway Centre Butterley awaiting restoration.
* 45112 - In operational condition at the Dartmoor Railway. (April 2008 - Barrow Hill)
* 45118 - In operational condition at the Northampton & Lamport Railway
* 45125 - In operational condition at the Great Central Railway
* 45132 - Under overhaul at the Mid-Hants Railway
* 45133 - Under repair at the Midland Railway Butterley
* 45135 - In operational condition at the East Lancashire Railway
* 45149 - Under restoration at the Gloucester Warwickshire Railway
==External links==
* [http://davestraintravels.fotopic.net/c494555_1.html Photos of Class 45's in action from 1970s to withdrawal and in preservation]
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