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D9551 is an 0-6-0 Class 14 650hp diesel hydraulic locomotive. 56 of these locomotives were built by BR’s Swindon Works between 1964 and 1965. Locomotives of the class were given the nickname “Teddy Bears”, after a comment by Swindon Works foreman George Cole "We've built the Great Bear, now we're going to build a Teddy Bear!"<ref>The Railway magazine, December 2006</ref> Their planned use was short-distance freight trains and working movements between local yards, but a lack of such work led to the entire class being sold to industry or scrapped by the end of 1970. 19 have survived into preservation.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_Class_14 BR Class 14 on Wikipedia] (retrieved 18 June 2018)</ref>

D9551 entered BR service in September 1965 at Cardiff Canton. A Following a move to Hull Dairycoates shed in January 1967 , D9551 was followed by withdrawal withdrawn from BR service in April 1968 after less than 2 years 7 months BR service.<ref>[http://www.brdatabase.info/locoqry.php?action=locodata&type=D&id=9551&loco=9551 BRDatabase website]</ref>

D9551 went on to work for BSC the British Steel Corporation at Gretton Brook and Corby.<ref name="UKLocos">[http://www.uklocos.com/final-results.asp?action=display&Id=5597 UKLocos.com]</ref>

D9551 was preserved at the purchased for preservation in 1981 by 'Railway Power Services', a group formed from a consortium of West Somerset Railwayand DEPG members. It arrived on the WSR from BSC Corby and entered service on 7 June 1981. Over the next few years it saw duty on works trains and passenger services, before moving to the Royal Deeside Railway Preservation Society at Milton of Crathes in 2003particularly 'Quantock Belle' dining trains.<ref name="UKLocos" /> The locomotive was acquired by the [[SVR Class 14 Company Limitedhttp://www.depg.org/archivesnippets.html DEPG Archive Snippets]], arriving in November 2013. (retrieved 18 June 2018)</ref>

Following arrival, an overhaul In 2003 the locomotive moved to the Royal Deeside Railway Preservation Society at Milton of ‘Angus’ took place at BridgnorthCrathes<ref name="UKLocos" /> where preservation had begun in 1996. On 30 April 2016, D9551 underwent its first test run on the SVR between Bridgnorth and Kidderminster, assisted by <ref>[[BR Class 50 50049 Defiance|50049]]https://en.wikipedia. A loaded test run took place org/wiki/Royal_Deeside_Railway Royal Deeside Railway on 26 October 2016, following which Wikipedia]</ref> In the early stages of preservation D9551 was the only locomotive was classified as servicablepresent.<ref>[httphttps://www.svrpreserved-diesels.co.uk/MeetTheLocorailways/royal_deeside.aspx?id=90 SVR diesel locomotive statushtm Preserved Diesels] (retrieved 6 November 201618 June 2018)</ref>, although further work and testing took place before its debut at the Spring Diesel Festival in May 2017.

It The locomotive was acquired from Deeside by the [[SVR Class 14 Company Limited]], arriving on 25 November 2013.<ref>SVR News 185</ref> Following arrival, an overhaul of ‘Angus’ took place at Bridgnorth. On 30 April 2016, D9551 underwent its first test run on the SVR between Bridgnorth and Kidderminster, assisted by [[BR Class 50 50049 Defiance|50049]]. A loaded test run took place on 26 October 2016, after which the locomotive was classified as servicable<ref>[http://www.svr.co.uk/MeetTheLoco.aspx?id=90 SVR diesel locomotive status] retrieved 6 November 2016</ref>, although further work and testing took place before its debut at the Spring Diesel Festival in May 2017. On 5th May 2018 D9551 was called in to action to haul a passenger train following the failure of visiting locomotive 6023 King Edward II on arrival at Bridgnorth. Unfortunately D9551 failed in turn and the passenger service eventually left Bridgnorth behind [[BR Class 08 D3586]]. Following repairs, D9551 was rostered for the weekday passenger services between 18-22 June 2018.  D9551 carries a non-original 'golden ochre' livery, originally an experimental livery carried by [[BR Class 52 D1015 Western Champion]].