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[[File: D4100_20150607.jpg |300px|thumb|right|June 2015, numbered D4100]][[File: 09012_20150402.jpg |400px300px|thumb|right|09012 Dick Hardy]]
09012 is the SVR’s only example of an 0-6-0 Class 09 350hp diesel electric shunting locomotive. The Class 09 is similar to the Class 08, of which the SVR has a number of examples, but having different gearing giving an increased top speed of 27.5 mph at the expense of a lower tractive effort. 09012 was one of the 26 locomotives originally built as a Class 09; later classified as Class 09/0 to distinguish them from other Class 09s which were rebuilt from Class 08s.
== 09012 in preservation ==
09012 arrived on the SVR in February 2013, having been purchased from former owner Harry Needle. 09012 was in Departmental grey livery on arrival, but was repainted into BR Green livery in early 2015. The locomotive is normally based at Kidderminster and carries the name “Dick Hardy”.<ref>[http://www.svr.co.uk/MeetTheLoco.aspx?id=90 SVR "Meet The Loco" web page]</ref> As of June 2015, 09012 had reverted to the earlier number of D4100.
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