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|image = Kidderminster Town - D3201 at platform end13201_20230622.jpg|caption = D3201 13201 at Kidderminster (Wikimedia CommonsJune 2023)

|locono = D320113201|othernos = 13201D3201, 08133, 1

|years2 = 1995|events2 = First preserved|years3 = Around 2000|events3 = Stored at Barrow Hill|years4 = 2003|events2 events4 = Preserved, arrived on SVR

D3201 '''13201''' is an a '''BR Class 08''' 0-6-0 Class 08 350hp diesel electric shunting locomotive. As the standard BR general-purpose diesel shunter, the Class 08 or 'gronk' became the most numerous of any British locomotive class with 996 built between 1952 and 1962<ref>Wikipedia</ref>.

== D3201 13201 in main line service ==The locomotive was built at Derby Works and entered BR service in December 1955 as No number '''13201''', being initially allocated to Polmadie (Glasgow). In 1960 it was renumbered '''D3201 ''' by BR. During the 1960s D3201 saw moves to other Scottish sheds at Hamilton (West), Corkerhill and Ayr, before a move south , allocated finally to Lincoln in October 1968.It was reportedly more or less permanently outbased at Spalding, with most exams undertaken by fitters sent there by van and visits back to Lincoln only made for major exams.<ref group="note">A [https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=178343361914342&set=gm.2363538850493735&idorvanity=174601542720821 Facebook post] with an image of a withdrawn 08133 at Swindon in 1981 has replies from former railwaymen at Spalding suggesting the supervisor and driver there refused to release it back to Lincoln for repairs, hence fitters travelling to it. </ref>

In October 1973 D3201 received its final number from BR, becoming No '''08133 ''' under the [[TOPS codes|TOPS]] numbering scheme. The locomotive remained at Lincoln until was withdrawn from service in on 21 September 1980.<ref>[http://www.brdatabase.info/locoqry.php?action=locodata&type=D&id=3201&loco=08133 BRDatabase website]</ref>

After == D3201 in service after withdrawal by BR==After withdrawal, D3201 it was recorded being moved through Bescot on 14 November 1980<ref>[http://bescotplus.co.uk/shuntersintransit bescotplus.co.uk] (Retrieved 4 August 2023)</ref> and photographed at Swindon works in 1981.  It moved on 6 October 1981<ref name="Nicholls"/> and saw industrial service with Sheerness Iron & SteelCo, where it was fitted with thicker and deeper buffer beams<ref name="Nicholls"/> and carried a lighter blue livery with company logo, red solebar and cab roof, with yellow coupling rods. It retained its BR number but was also crudely numbered with its fleet number '''1'''.<ref>[http://www.uklocos.com/final-results.asp?action=display&Id=5569 UKLocos.com]</ref>At some point, it suffered an 'all wheels' derailment. It was replaced by hired in traction in 1992, though it remained at Sheerness.<ref name="Nicholls">[https://www.flickr.com/photos/36034969@N08/51235928701 Adrian Nicholls on Flickr, 9 June 2021] (Retrieved 4 August 2023)</ref>  After its first spell in preservation (see below) 08133 moved to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Needle_Railroad_Company Harry Needle Railroad Company (HNRC)] and was photographed at [https://mark-beal-tmd.smugmug.com/RetrospectiveRail/Retrospective-Class-08/i-PdC5n5p at Barrow Hill roundhouse on 7 October 2001]<ref name="Beal">Mark Beal images on Smugmug (Retrieved 4 August 2023)</ref>.

In Spring 2003 SVR News announced that 08133 first moved into preservation at the South Yorkshire Railway Preservation Society in August 1995, initially purchased by Trevor Dean.<ref name="Nicholls"/><ref>[[Class https://www.heritageshunterstrust.com/class-08 Society | 08 GroupHeritage Shunters Trust]] had acquired 08133 from (Retrieved 5 August 2023)</ref> It was photographed [https://enmark-beal-tmd.wikipediasmugmug.orgcom/wikiRetrospectiveRail/Harry_Needle_Railroad_Company HNRCRetrospective-Class-08/i-hTPDBPq at Meadowhall on 27 April 1996] as .<ref name="Beal"/> SVR News in Summer 2002 included a potential source of brief note that 08133 had been acquired for spares.<ref>SVR News 140</ref> The [[Class 08 Society]] (the '08 Group') had been trying for some time to obtain spares for their other Class 08 locomotive [[BR Class 08 D3022 | D3022]], with little success. An initiative by Alan Davies and Trevor Davies led to the acquisition of 08133 from HNRC. The SVR Board had agreed with the Group that either use as a source of spares or as a potential working locomotive was acceptable. The Group opted for restoration, the worst aspects of the loco being worn tyres and poor wiring. Some spare parts were in stock from when D3022 was acquired 20 years earlier, while other missing parts were sourced.<ref>SVR News 143</ref>At the time, the locomotive carried a blue livery. The Group opted <ref>SVR News 146</ref> By 2006 the locomotive was still waiting for restorationnew wheelsets to be fitted but much other work had been carried out, including vacuum gear components and associated pipework, filters and new wiring, repaired radiators and new return water circuit pipework. A section of new floor platework had been welded into position and a new wooden floor constructed, following which while the cab had new doorframes and doors.<ref>SVR News 156</ref> In summer 2009 the locomotive, now re-numbered '''D3201''', was still awaiting installation on reconditioned wheelsets using axle boxes that were being reconditioned at Bridgnorth. Electrical work was also continuing including replacement wiring and overhaul of components.<ref>SVR News 166</ref> It was finally re-wheeled in late spring 2010<ref>SVR News 170</ref> and first moved under its own power in late 2011.,<ref>[http://shunterspot.myfreeforum.org/about639.html shutterspot]</ref> appearing at the October 2011 [[Diesel galas|Diesel Gala]] at Kidderminster in BR green livery although still classed as 'under restoration' with a long snagging list still requiring attention. It finally entered service in late 2012,<ref>SVR News 181</ref> and appeared in the October 2013 Diesel Gala , double heading a short passenger service from Kidderminster to Bewdley with [[BR Class 11 12099]].<ref>SVR News 184</ref> The same combination was repeated in the October 2014 gala.<ref>SVR News 188</ref> By 2015 D3201 was officially designated the "Kidderminster Traffic Shunter".<ref>SVR News 192</ref> <gallery mode=packed heights=200px style="text-align:left">D3201_20150406.jpg | D3201 at Kidderminster (2015)</gallery> The [[Diesel Depot]] was brought into use in January 2016. On 6 April of that year, still before the Depot's official opening, the overhead crane was 'tested' to lift the exhaust manifold off D3201.<ref>SVR News 194</ref>. In 2018 the locomotive underwent more extensive planned maintenance, including a main engine top overhaul, exhauster motors overhaul, resistor panel overhaul and general refurbishment of electrics.<ref>SVR News 201,202</ref>

D3201 was renumbered back to '''13201''' in 2019. The locomotive is normally based at Kidderminster , although it spent winter 2020-21 at Bridgnorth covering for the usual resident [[Bridgnorth MPD]] shunter [[D3586]] while the latter was withdrawn from service and prepared at Kidderminster for travel to St Philips Marsh in Bristol for tyre turning.<ref>SVR News 214</ref>. 13201 is currently in BR green livery.  <gallery mode=packed heights=200px style="text-align:left">13201_20210417.jpg|13201 shunting at Kidderminster in April 2021</gallery> In 2022 Dapol produced an O gauge [[Models of the Severn Valley Railway|model]] in green livery as D3201.<ref>[http://www.svrdapol.co.uk/MeetTheLocoCatalogue/152/index.html Dapol 2022 catalogue, p.aspx?id=90 SVR "Meet The Loco" web page152]</ref> In 2019 she  SVR News for summer 2023 confirmed that 13201 was serviceable although awaiting a 12-monthly examination when a new set of v-belts was renumbered due to 13201be fitted<ref>SVR News 222, Summer 2023</ref>.

*[[Diesel Locomotives]]*[[Models of the Severn Valley Railway]] ==Notes==<references group="note"/>

*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_Class_08 BR Class 08 on Wikipedia]<br>