Brush Traction - Locomotives

Locomotives

Brush manufactured various diesel and electric locomotives for the British railway network:

• Class 31 "Brush Type 2" mixed-traffic diesel locomotive
• Class 47 "Brush Type 4" mixed-traffic diesel locomotive (manufacture shared with BR)
• Class 53 "Falcon" prototype diesel locomotive
• Class 57 re-engineered diesel locomotive (rebuilt from Class 47)
• Class 60 heavy freight diesel locomotive
• Class 89 prototype electric locomotive
• Class 92 dual-voltage electric locomotive

It also manufactured the Eurotunnel Class 9 electric locomotives operated by Eurotunnel through the Channel Tunnel.

Brush Traction also manufactured locomotives for export:

• 800 bhp A1A-A1A main line diesel-electric locomotives for Ceylon in 1952 (Sri Lanka Railways M1)
• 1000 bhp Bo-Bo diesel-electric locomotives for Sri Lanka in 1981 (the M7 class)
• 1730 bhp Co-Co narrow gauge diesel-electric locomotives for Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) in 1963
• Various Bo-Bo diesel electric freight locomotives to Cuba, Tanzania, Gabon, Morocco
• Battery electric locomotives to Hong Kong
• EF class heavy freight electric locomotive (New Zealand Railways)
• Class 18 shunter locomotives for Malayan Railways in 1978

They were also a major supplier of traction equipment to rapid transit systems, in particular London Underground and Docklands Light Railway in the UK, and to Canada and Taiwan. Traction equipment was also supplied to British Rail for various Electric Multiple Unit trains, the Class 43 HST diesel locomotive, similar equipment also being supplied to Comeng Australia in 1979, and the Class 56 and 58 Co-Co freight locomotives.