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HS4000 named Kestrel was a prototype high-powered mainline diesel locomotive built in 1967 by Brush Traction Loughborough as a technology demonstrator for potential future British Rail and export orders The locomotive number is a combination of the initials of the owner of Brush Hawker Siddeley and the power rating of its Sulzer diesel engine (4000 HP).It was of Co-Co wheel arrangement and was fitted with a Sulzer 16LVA24 engine rated at 4000 horsepower (3000 kW) providing a maximum speed of 125 mph (201 km/h) and weighed 133 tonnes.

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height (cm)
3.6576
length (km)
20.1168
width (mm)
2.4384
active years end year
1967-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
active years start year
1967-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
builder
Hawker Siddeley, Brush Traction, Loughborough
top speed (kmh)
201.167

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