BR Class 09 D4100

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BRBritish Rail or British Railways Class 09 D4100
D4100 20150607.jpg
June 2015, newly re-numbered D4100
Built By BRBritish Rail or British Railways Horwich Works
Configuration 0-6-0
Power type Diesel Electrical
Status Operational
Loco Number D4100
Other Numbers 09012
History
Built 1961
Designed By BRBritish Rail or British Railways
Type Class 09
2013 Arrived on SVRSevern Valley Railway
Technical
Length 29ft 3in
Weight 49t

Diesel Locomotives

D4100 is the SVRSevern Valley Railway’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 SVRSevern Valley Railway 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. D4100 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.

D4100 in main line service

D4100 was built at Horwich Works and entered BRBritish Rail or British Railways service in September 1961 at Ashford Chart Leacon, moving to Feltham in July 1967. The locomotive was fitted with air brakes a year later before another move to Selhurst in July 1970.

In January 1974 D4100 became No 09012 under the TOPSTotal Operations Processing System, an American computer system adopted by BR from the late 1960s to number and manage rolling stock. numbering scheme.[1]

D4100 in preservation

D4100 arrived on the SVRSevern Valley Railway in February 2013, having been purchased from former owner Harry Needle. The locomotive was numbered 09012 and was in DepartmentalRolling stock used for the railway’s own functions (engineering etc.) rather than for general passenger or goods traffic. grey livery at the time, but was repainted into BRBritish Rail or British Railways Green livery in early 2015. The locomotive is normally based at Kidderminster and carries the name “Dick Hardy”.[2]

As of June 2015, 09012 had reverted to the earlier number of D4100.

See Also

Diesel Locomotives

References

  1. BRDatabase website
  2. SVR "Meet The Loco" web page

Links

BR Class 09 on Wikipedia