BR Class 11 12099

BR Class 11 12099
12099 passing Highley in 2013
Built By	BR Derby Works
Configuration	0-6-0
Power type	Diesel Electric
Status	Operational
Loco Number	12099
History
Built	1952
Designed By	BR
Type	Class 11
1971	Withdrawn by BR, sold for industrial use
1990	Preserved, arrived on SVR
2018	Ownership transferred to the SVR Charitable Trust
Technical
Length	29ft 1½in
Weight	47.4t
Diesel Locomotives

12099 is the SVR’s only 0-6-0 Class 11 350hp diesel electric shunting locomotive. 120 of these locomotives were built by the LMS and BR between 1945 and 1952.

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12099 in main line service

12099 was built at BR’s Derby Works and entered service in March 1952 at Nottingham. The locomotive retained the number 12099 throughout its working life with BR service, during which it also saw service at Willesden, Springs Branch (Wigan), Crewe South, Nuneaton, Rugby and Bletchley. BR service ended with withdrawal in July 1971.

12099 was subsequently used Murphy Brothers (NCB Contractors) at Blaenavon in Gwent and by Taylor Woodrow Construction in Mid-Glamorgan. A further move to the National Coal Board at Astley, West Yorkshire followed in 1984, before the locomotive was sold to dealers CF Booth in 1989.

12099 in preservation

12099 arrived on the SVR in March 1990, having been acquired from Booths by The Kidderminster Shunter Fund in exchange for a surplus Ruston diesel shunter. The Fund in January 2018 transferred ownership to Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust Ltd.

Some of the first Class 11s were built for the War Department, and in June 2013 No 12099 made an appearance in the 1940s event carrying a rather unconvincing War Department number “WD 40”.

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  “WD 40”

12099 is operational and is normally based at Kidderminster.

See also

Diesel Locomotives
List of preservation groups

References

SVR Stock Book Ninth Edition

Links

BR Class 11 on Wikipedia
Severn Valley Railway Charitable Trust Ltd website