The
Great Western Railway purchased two diesel shunters, and ordered a further seven immediately prior to
Nationalisation, which were delivered to
British Rail in 1948–49. The two shunters used by the GWR were numbered 1 and 2, while a series commencing at 501 was planned for the new
locomotives ordered in the 1940s.
British Rail numbered 2 and the new locomotives in a series commencing at 15100.
1
This locomotive was built by Fowler in 1933 and was used at
Swindon Works
Swindon railway works was opened by the Great Western Railway in 1843 in Swindon, Wiltshire, England. It served as the principal west England maintenance centre until closed in 1986.
History
In 1835 Parliament approved the construction of the ...
. It was an
0-4-0 diesel mechanical shunter with a engine, diameter wheels and a
wheelbase
In both road and rail vehicles, the wheelbase is the horizontal distance between the centers of the front and rear wheels. For road vehicles with more than two axles (e.g. some trucks), the wheelbase is the distance between the steering (front ...
of . It was very similar to the
London, Midland and Scottish Railway's departmental locomotive
number 2
2 (two) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 1 and preceding 3. It is the smallest and only even prime number. Because it forms the basis of a duality, it has religious and spiritual significance in many cultur ...
, which was built a couple of years later. It was withdrawn in 1940 and sold to the
Ministry of Supply.
2 / 15100
This locomotive was built by Hawthorn Leslie in 1936 and allocated to
Swindon. It was a
0-6-0 diesel electric shunter, very similar to the
London Midland and Scottish Railway
The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMSIt has been argued that the initials LMSR should be used to be consistent with LNER, GWR and SR. The London, Midland and Scottish Railway's corporate image used LMS, and this is what is generally ...
7069 class (later
British Rail Class D3/6
The British Rail Class D3/6 were diesel shunters designed in 1934/5 by English Electric for the London, Midland and Scottish Railway. (LMS) Prototype
Between 1931 and 1934, the LMS ordered nine prototype 0-6-0 diesel shunters of different de ...
), and with a close family resemblance to the
Southern Railway Maunsell 350 hp DMS (SR 1 - SR3). It was renumbered 15100 by
British Rail in 1948, withdrawn by them in 1965 and scrapped in early 1966.
* see
British Rail Class D3/10
501 / 15107
Brush/Petter 360 bhp
* see
British Rail 15107
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 ...
502-507 / 15101-15106
English Electric 350 bhp
* see
British Rail Class D3/11
See also
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LMS diesel shunters
The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) pioneered the use of diesel shunting locomotives in Great Britain. The variety of experimental and production diesel shunters produced by the LMS is summarised below.
5519 renumbered ZM9
This was ...
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LNER internal combustion locomotives
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Southern Railway diesels
References
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Diesel Shunters
Diesel locomotives of Great Britain
Standard gauge locomotives of Great Britain