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British Rail 15107

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British Rail 15107
Type and origin
Power typeDiesel-electric
BuilderBrush Traction
Build date1949
Total produced1
Specifications
Configuration:
 • Whyte0-6-0 DE
 • UICC
Gauge4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Wheel diameter4 ft 0+12 in (1.232 m)
Loco weight46.10 long tons (46.84 t; 51.63 short tons)
Prime moverPetter SS4
Traction motorsBrush, 2 off
Cylinders4
TransmissionElectric
MU workingNot fitted
Train heatingNone
Performance figures
Maximum speed20 mph (32 km/h)
Power outputEngine: 360 bhp (268 kW)
Tractive effort35,000 lbf (155.7 kN)
Career
OperatorsBritish Railways
Numbers15107
Axle load classRoute availability
RetiredJune 1958
DispositionScrapped, Swindon Works

British Rail 15107 was a locomotive commissioned by the Great Western Railway, but delivered to British Railways after nationalisation. It was a diesel powered locomotive in the pre-TOPS period built by Brush Traction with a Petter 4-cylinder engine.

Its shed allocation in 1950 was Western Region, 82B, St Philips Marsh, Bristol. Number 15107 had a short life and never acquired a British Railways classification. It was withdrawn in June 1958 and broken up at Swindon Works.

See also

Sources

  • 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