List of preserved British Rail Class 47 locomotives
A significant number of British Rail Class 47 locomotives have been preserved on heritage railways,[1] the current total standing at 32. These are listed below.
Of note are the first built locomotive, 47401 'North Eastern', and one of the Royal Train locomotives, 47798 'Prince William'.
Four locomotives (47270, 47580, 47773 and 47798) are mainline registered and as such may operate on Network Rail.
Locomotives that do not currently carry their names are shown with the name in brackets.
| Numbers carried (Current no. in bold) |
Name | Livery | Location | Owner | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D1107 | 47524 | - | - | - | (Res Gestae) | Rail Express Systems | Churnet Valley Railway | Staffordshire Type 4 Ltd[2] |
| D1500 | 47401 | - | - | - | North Eastern | BR Blue | Midland Railway - Butterley | The 47401 Project[3] |
| D1501 | 47402 | - | - | - | (Gateshead) | BR Green | East Lancashire Railway | Privately Owned[4] |
| D1516 | 47417 | - | - | - | - | BR Green | Midland Railway - Butterley | The 47401 Project[3] |
| D1524 | 47004 | - | - | - | (Old Oak Common) | BR Green | Embsay & Bolton Abbey Steam Railway | Newton Heath Diesel Traction Group |
| D1566 | 47449 | - | - | - | Orion | BR Green | Llangollen Railway | Llangollen Diesel Group[5] |
| D1606 | 47029 | 47635 | - | - | Jimmy Milne | BR Blue Large Logo | Epping Ongar Railway | Privately Owned |
| D1643 | 47059 | 47631 | 47765 | - | (Ressaldar) | Rail Express Systems | Great Central Railway (Nottingham) | GCRN Diesel Group[6] |
| D1654 | 47070 | 47620 | 47835 | 47799 | Prince Henry | Royal Train Maroon | Eden Valley Railway | Privately Owned |
| D1656 | 47072 | 47609 | 47834 | 47798 | Prince William | Royal Train Maroon | National Railway Museum | National Railway Museum[7] |
| D1661 | 47077 | 47613 | 47840 | - | NORTH STAR | BR Green | West Somerset Railway | Diesel & Electric Preservation Group[8] |
| D1662 | 47484 | - | - | - | (Isambard Kingdom Brunel) | GWR Green | Wishaw | Pioneer Diesel Group |
| D1693 | 47105 | - | - | - | - | BR Blue | Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway | Brush Type 4 Fund[9] |
| D1705 | 47117 | - | - | - | Sparrowhawk | BR Green | Great Central Railway | Type 1 Locomotive Company[10] |
| D1723 | 47540 | - | - | - | (The Institution of Civil Engineers) | Departmental "Dutch" Grey | Wensleydale Railway | Privately Owned |
| D1755 | 47161 | 47541 | 47773 | - | (The Queen Mother) | BR Green | Tyseley Locomotive Works | Vintage Trains[11] |
| D1762 | 47167 | 47580 | 47732 | - | County of Essex | BR Blue with Union Jack (Stratford grey roof) | Mid Norfolk Railway | Stratford 47 Group[12] |
| D1778 | 47183 | 47579 | 47793 | - | James Nightall GC | BR Blue | Mangapps Railway Museum | Privately Owned |
| D1787 | 47306 | - | - | - | The Sapper | Railfreight Distribution | Bodmin & Wenford Railway | Bodmin & Wenford Main Line Diesel Group[13] |
| D1842 | 47192 | - | - | - | - | BR Green | Crewe Heritage Centre | The Railway Age Trust Crewe |
| D1855 | 47205 | 47395 | 47205 | - | - | Railfreight Distribution | Northampton & Lamport Railway | Privately Owned |
| D1886 | 47367 | - | - | - | - | BR Blue | Mid Norfolk Railway | Stratford 47 Group[12] |
| D1895 | 47376 | - | - | - | Freightliner 1995 | Freightliner Grey | Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway | Brush Type 4 Fund [9] |
| D1909 | 47232 | 47665 | 47820 | 47785 | (Fiona Castle) | EWS | Wensleydale Railway | Privately Owned |
| D1921 | 47244 | 47640 | - | - | University of Strathclyde | BR Blue Large Logo | Battlefield Railway | Privately Owned |
| D1933 | 47255 | 47596 | - | - | Aldeburgh Festival | Network SouthEast | Mid-Norfolk Railway | Stratford 47 Group[12] |
| D1945 | 47502 | 47715 | - | - | Poseidon | Fragonset Black | Wensleydale Railway | MTT Rail[14] |
| D1946 | 47503 | 47771 | - | - | (Heaton Traincare Depot) | Rail Express Systems | Colne Valley Railway | Class 47 Preservation Project[15] |
| D1948 | 47505 | 47712 | - | - | BR Scotrail Blue Stripe | Crewe Heritage Centre | Crewe Diesel Preservation Group[16] | |
| D1970 | 47269 | 47643 | - | - | - | Intercity (ScotRail branding) | Bo'ness & Kinneil Railway | Owned by the Scottish Railway Preservation Society Diesel Group[17] |
| D1971 | 47270 | - | - | - | Swift | BR Blue | Carnforth MPD | Privately Owned |
| D1994 | 47292 | - | - | - | - | Variation on large logo blue | Great Central Railway (Nottingham) | Privately owned |
See also
References
- ↑ Class 47 Page Preserved Diesels website
- ↑ ST4.org news page Staffordshire Type 4 Limited website
- 1 2 47401 Project Organisation homepage
- ↑ Fleet Details Bury Diesel Group
- ↑ D1566 page Llangollen Diesel Group
- ↑ Fleet List GCRN Diesel Group
- ↑ NRM fleet list NRM website
- ↑ 47840 page D&EPG website
- 1 2 Homepage Brush Type 4 Fund
- ↑ D1705 page Type 1 Locomotive Company
- ↑ 47773 page Vintage trains website
- 1 2 3 Homepage Stratford 47 Group Homepage
- ↑ Bodmin Diesels website
- ↑ 47715 page Preserved Diesels website
- ↑ 47771 page Preserved Diesels website
- ↑ CDPG website
- ↑ 47643 page SRPS Diesel Group website
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