British Rail 15107 Explained

British Rail 15107
Powertype:Diesel-electric
Fleetnumbers:15107
Builder:British Railways Swindon Works
Serialnumber:Lot 363 (GWR Order)
Builddate:30 November 1949
Totalproduction:1
Primemover:Petter SS4
Cylindercount:4
Tractionmotors:Brush Traction, 2 off
Transmission:Electric
Uicclass:C
Wheeldiameter:4feet
Wheelbase:11feet
Length:29feet
Width:93NaN3
Height:12feet
Locoweight:46.1LT
Maxspeed:20mph
Poweroutput:Engine: 360bhp
Tractiveeffort:350001NaN1
Fuelcap:600 gals
Trainheating:None
Multipleworking:Not fitted
Operator:British Railways
Retiredate:16 June 1958
Disposition:Scrapped, Swindon Works

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 It was withdrawn in June 1958 and broken up at Swindon.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Strickland, D.C. . Locomotive directory: every single one there has ever been. Diesel and Electric Group. 1982 . Camberley. 62 . 0-906375-10-X.
  2. Book: Marsden, Colin. A pictorial history of the diesel shunter . Oxford Publishing. 1981 . Oxford . unpaged [p.23] . 0-86093-108-0.