Hood Unit - United Kingdom

United Kingdom

The term "hood unit" is not used in the UK but a few locomotives of the hood unit type are in service:

  • British Rail Class 70 (introduced 2009)
  • British Rail Class 09 (introduced 1959)
  • British Rail Class 20 (introduced 1957)


Withdrawn hood unit types include:

  • British Rail 10800
  • British Rail Class 15
  • British Rail Class 16


Locomotive styles
Cab positioning
Short hood / Long hood
  • Cab forward
  • Sharknose
  • Steeplecab
  • Cab unit
  • Hood unit
  • Cowl unit
  • Boxcab
  • Dual Control Stand
Wheel arrangement
  • AAR wheel arrangement
  • UIC classification
  • Swiss classification
  • Whyte notation

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