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British Rail 15107 |
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Type and origin |
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Power type | Diesel-electric |
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Builder |
British Railways
Swindon Works |
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Serial number | Lot 363 (GWR Order) |
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Build date | 30 November 1949 |
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Total produced | 1 |
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Performance figures |
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Maximum speed | 20 mph (32 km/h) |
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Power output | Engine: 360
bhp (268
kW) |
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Tractive effort | 35,000 lbf (155.7 kN) |
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British Rail 15107 was a
0-6-0
diesel-electric
shunter locomotive commissioned by the
Great Western Railway from its
Swindon Works, but delivered to
British Railways after
nationalisation. It had a
Petter 4-cylinder engine. Its
shed allocation in 1950 was
Western Region, 82B,
St Philip's Marsh,
Bristol.
[1]
Number 15107 had a short life and never acquired a British Railways classification. It was withdrawn in June 1958 and broken up at Swindon.
[2]
See also
Sources
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^ Strickland, D.C. (1982). Locomotive directory: every single one there has ever been. Camberley: Diesel and Electric Group. p. 62.
ISBN
0-906375-10-X.
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^ Marsden, Colin (1981). A pictorial history of the diesel shunter. Oxford: Oxford Publishing. pp. unpaged [p.23].
ISBN
0-86093-108-0.
- Brush Diesel & Electric Locomotive Works List, re-printed by the Industrial Railway Society in 1999
- Ian Allan ABC of British Railways Locomotives (various dates)
- "Western Region Allocations", pp. 38–39, published in 1953 by the Locomotive Club of Great Britain
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