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Eventually, 102 Janus locomotives were built: mostly for the British
steel industry, but other customers included Imperial Chemical
Industries (12 locomotives), the Port of London Authority (10), and
Typical Janus locomotive at a steelworks.
the National Coal Board (7). Three locomotives were exported: one to Type and origin
Jamaica, and two to the Indian Fertilizer Corporation. The Indian Power type Diesel-electric
locomotives were 1,000 mm (3 ft 33⁄8 in) metre gauge, and were the
Builder Yorkshire Engine
only narrow gauge units built. In addition, three modified Janus
Company
locomotives – 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) gauge on Bo-Bo trucks – were
exported to British Guyana.
Model Janus
Build date 1956–1965
Later locomotives had their Rolls-Royce engine uprated by 10 per cent
Total produced 102
to 220 hp (160 kW) each. After Rolls-Royce entered the industrial
locomotive manufacturing business, YEC started to offer their Specifications
locomotives with Cummins diesel engines; seven Janus locomotives Configuration:
were built with pairs of 250 hp (190 kW) Cummins diesels – all for
• UIC C
Appleby Froddingham Steel works.[1]
Wheel 3 ft 8 in (1.118 m)
In 2008, 23 were still in industrial service, and seven had entered diameter
preservation.[2] Loco weight 48 long tons (49 t;
54 short tons)
The name Janus is from the two-faced god Janus: the locomotive was
Prime mover Two Rolls-Royce
symmetrical with two 'faces'. The similarity in power and speed would
C6SFL engines
indicate that this type of locomotive could have been use in a similar
role to the British Rail Class 08 shunter. In recent years Class 08
Traction British Thompson-
motors Houston
shunters owned by EWS have replaced Janus locomotives on some
industrial railways. Performance figures
Maximum 23 mph (37 km/h)
Loans to British Railways speed
Power 400 hp (300 kW)
One locomotive was demonstrated on British Railways; it was the output
second of this type built (works number 2595 of 1956), both the first Tractive 30,000 lbf (133.4 kN)
two locomotives being demonstrated to potential customers before effort
going to the Appleby-Frodingham Steel works in Scunthorpe. It is
thought to have been in use there until being scrapped in 1982.
One 600 hp 0-8-0 diesel hydraulic, a Taurus, was demonstrated and tested on British
Railways during 1961 and 1962. It was a ‘trip’ locomotive intended to carry out
shunting work and hauling local (short distance) goods trains. This was the duty for Janus type locomotive 51 at Corus'
which the British Rail Class 14 locomotives were built in 1963. Scunthorpe steelworks, 8 September
2009.
References
1. Vernon 2008, p. 108.
2. Vernon 2008, pp. 146–155.
Chapman, Stephen J. (1981). "The Era of the Diesel Prototype".Railway World Annual.
Marsden, Colin (1981).A Pictorial Record of the Diesel Shunter.
Vernon, Tony (2008). Yorkshire Engine Company: Sheffield’s Locomotive Manufacturer. Stroud, Gloucestershire:
The History Press. ISBN 978-0-7524-4530-4.
The Industrial Railway Society- Various records and publications
Yorkshire Engine Co. - Various records and publications
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