British Railways D0226

D0226 in preservation at Haworth.

Type and origin
Power type	Diesel-electric
Builder	English Electric at Vulcan Foundry
Serial number	English Electric: 2345 Vulcan Foundry: D226
Build date	1956

Specifications
Configuration	0-6-0
UIC class	C
Gauge	4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Wheel diameter	4 ft 0 in (1.219 m)
Loco weight	48 long tons (49 t; 54 short tons)
Prime mover	EE 6RKT
Generator	DC
Traction motors	English Electric, DC 1 off
Transmission	Diesel electric

Performance figures
Maximum speed	35 mph (56 km/h)
Power output	500 hp (370 kW)
Tractive effort	33,000 lbf (146.79 kN)

Career
Operators	British Railways
Numbers	D226 (D0226 from August 1959)
First run	loaned 1957
Withdrawn	October 1960
Disposition	Returned to EE at Preston, to Keighley and Worth Valley Railway in March 1966

British Railways D0227

Type and origin
Only differences from above are shown
Power type	Diesel-hydraulic
Serial number	English Electric: 2346 Vulcan Foundry: D227

Specifications
Transmission	Krupp-Lysholm hydraulic

Career
Operators	British Railways
Numbers	D227 (D0227 from August 1959)
Withdrawn	September 1959
Disposition	Returned to EE at Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns, Darlington; scrapped at unknown date.

D0226 and D0227 were two prototype diesel shunting locomotives built in 1956 by English Electric at its Vulcan Foundry in Newton-le-Willows to demonstrate its wares to British Railways. They originally carried numbers D226 and D227, their Vulcan Foundry works numbers, but these were amended in August 1959 to avoid clashing with the numbers of new Class 40 locomotives.

They were both of 0-6-0 wheel arrangement and were fitted with English Electric 6RKT engines of 500 hp. They were painted black with an orange stripe along the middle of the bodyside, which turned into a 'V' at the nose end. The major difference between the two locomotives was that D0226 had diesel-electric transmission and D0227 had diesel-hydraulic transmission.

BR tested both locomotives at its Stratford depot in East London. D0226 has been preserved at the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway, but D0227 was scrapped.

D0226 in green livery at Haworth

References

Strickland, David C. (September 1983). Locomotive Directory. Camberley, Surrey: Diesel and Electric Group. p. 146. ISBN 0-906375-10-X.

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British railway locomotives and miscellany, 1948 to present

Diesel shunters	01 01/5 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13

Diesel shunters (pre-TOPS)	11001 11104 15107 13000 D1/1 D1/2 D1/3 D1/4 D2/1 D2/2 D2/3 D2/4 D2/5 D2/6 D2/7 D2/8 D2/9 D2/10 D2/11 D2/12 D3/1 D3/2 D3/3 D3/4 D3/5 D3/6 D3/7 D3/8 D3/9 D3/10 D3/11 D3/12 D3/13 D3/14

Main-line diesels:	14 15 16 17 18 20 21 (I) 21 (II) 22 (I) 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 33 35 37 38 40 41 (I) 41 (II) 41 (III) 42 43 (I) 43 (II) 44 45 46 47 48 (I) 48 (II) 50 51 52 53 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 65 66 67 68 70 (II)

Main-line diesels (pre-TOPS)	10000–10001 10100 10201–10203 10800 D8/1 D8/2 D10/1 D10/2 D10/3 D11/1 D11/2 D11/3 D11/4 D11/5 D12/1 D12/2 D12/3 D13/1 D14/1 D14/2 D15/1 D15/2 D16/1 D16/2 D17/1 D17/2 D20/1 D20/2 D22/1 D22/2 D23/1 D25/1 D27/1 D33/1

Electrics	22 (II) 70 (I) 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 (I) 88 (II) 89 90 91 92 93

Electrics (pre-TOPS)	AL1 AL2 AL3 AL4 AL5 AL6 EB1 EE1 EF1 EM1 EM2 ES1 HA HB JA JB

Departmental	97 97/6 Eastern Southern Other Series

Prototypes	15097–15099 18000 18100 D0226/D0227 D0260 D0280 D2999 DHP1 DP1 DP2 GT3 HS4000 Janus Taurus

Steam locomotives	98

Ships	99

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