British Rail Class 48

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British Rail Class 48

Summary

British Rail Class 48 is a locomotive class[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of locomotive_class entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (33 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • British Rail Class 48 is in the country of United Kingdom[3].
  • British Rail Class 48's image is recorded as D1705 near Quorn.jpg[4].
  • British Rail Class 48's instance of is recorded as locomotive class[5].
  • British Rail Class 48's operator is recorded as British Rail[6].
  • British Rail Class 48's followed by is recorded as British Rail Class 47[7].
  • British Rail Class 48's manufacturer is recorded as Brush Traction[8].
  • British Rail Class 48's subclass of is recorded as diesel-electric locomotive[9].
  • British Rail Class 48's subclass of is recorded as Type 4 locomotive[10].
  • British Rail Class 48's Commons category is recorded as British Rail Class 48[11].
  • British Rail Class 48's powered by is recorded as Sulzer 12LVA24[12].
  • British Rail Class 48's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02pb88v[13].
  • British Rail Class 48's service entry is recorded as +1965-00-00T00:00:00Z[14].
  • British Rail Class 48's service retirement is recorded as +1971-00-00T00:00:00Z[15].
  • British Rail Class 48's track gauge is recorded as standard-gauge railway[16].
  • British Rail Class 48's total produced is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+5'}[17].
  • British Rail Class 48's fleet or registration number is recorded as D1702–D1706[18].
  • British Rail Class 48's wheel arrangement is recorded as Co′Co′[19].

Body

Geography

British Rail Class 48 is in the country of United Kingdom[3].

Designation and Status

British Rail Class 48's instance of is recorded as locomotive class[5].

Why It Matters

British Rail Class 48 ranks in the top 8% of locomotive_class entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (33 views/month).[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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