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BR Class 14 D9551

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|status = In service
|locono = D9551
|othernos = 50, 8311/29, 50
|designed = BR(W)
|locotype = '''Class 14'''
D9551 was one of the final batch of Class 14s produced. It entered BR service in September 1965 at Cardiff Canton, later moving to Swansea Landore. In January 1967 it was stored at [[Worcester]] shed,<ref name=SVR187>SVR News 187, ''Severn Valley Railway Class 14 Diesel Group'', Duncan Ballard</ref> before becoming one of the 23 to be reallocated to the Eastern Region, moving to Hull Dairycoates shed in January 1967. It was withdrawn there on 1 April 1968 after less than 2 years 7 months BR service.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 In late 1968 and early 1969, 23 of the ex-Hull Dairycoates Class 14s were purchased by Stewarts & Lloyds Minerals Ltd, which had become part of the British Steel Corporation as locomotive noin 1967. 50 15 were allocated to their East Midlands Ironstone quarries at Gretton Brook Glendon East and Corby, with the others allocated to their Lincolnshire quarries at Buckminster and Harlaxton.D9551 was acquired in December 1968 and was one of those allocated to Corby. It initially became S&L no. 29,<ref namegroup="UKLocosnote">The full S&L plant number was 8311/29, the 8311 prefix referring to those at Corby and Glendon. Buckminster and Harlaxton locos were prefixed 8411.</ref> and was subsequently repainted into BSC green livery and renumbered as BSC no. 50. It remained in service until early 1981<ref>Diesel Dawn 7: Western Region 0-6-0s D9500-D9555, John Jennison, 2023, pp. 53, 85.</ref><ref>[http://www.uklocosbrdatabase.cominfo/final-resultslocoqry.aspphp?action=displaylocodata&type=D&id=5964 UKLocos.com9551&loco=9551 BRDatabase website]</ref>.
==D9551 in preservation==
D9551 was purchased for preservation in 1981 by 'Railway Power Services', a group formed from a consortium of West Somerset Railway (WSR) and Diesel and Electric Preservation Group (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, particularly 'Quantock Belle' dining trains.<ref> [http://www.depg.org/archivesnippets.html DEPG Archive Snippets] (retrieved 18 June 2018)</ref>
In 2003 the locomotive moved to the Royal Deeside Railway Preservation Society at Milton of Crathes<ref name="UKLocos" >[http://www.uklocos.com/final-results.asp?action=display&id=6134 UKLocos.com]</ref> where preservation had begun in 1996.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Deeside_Railway Royal Deeside Railway on Wikipedia]</ref> In the early stages of preservation D9551 was the only locomotive present.<ref>[https://www.preserved-diesels.co.uk/railways/royal_deeside.htm Preserved Diesels] (retrieved 18 June 2018)</ref>
By 2013 the SVR had acquired examples of the other surviving Western Region diesel hydraulic classes (classes [[BR Class 35 D7029 |35]], [[BR Class 42 D821 Greyhound |42]] and [[Western Locomotive Association |52]]). It had also seen two other [[Diesel Locomotives visiting the SVR for galas |visiting Class 14s at Diesel Galas]], D9516 in 1988 and more recently D9520 in 2011. A group (originally styled the ''Severn Valley Railway Class 14 Diesel Group'' and later the [[SVR Class 14 Company Limited]]) carried out a search for a suitable example. D9551 was inspected at Deeside on 2 September 2013 and subsequently acquired from its private owner. It arrived at [[Bridgnorth]] on 25 November 2013, quickly gaining the nickname 'Angus' after its previous home.<ref name=SVR187/> The nickname is no longer used by its owners.
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