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|image = No.20048 (Class 20) (6104022609)BR_Class_20_20048_Bridgnorth_20220616.jpg|caption = 20048at Bridgnorth, June 2022|construc =Vulcan Foundry

|othernos = D8048

|built = 1959|years1 = 20221991|events1 = Arrived on SVRFirst preserved|years2 = 2022|events2 = Arrived on SVR on hire

'''BR Class 20 20048 ''' is a BR Class 20 [[UIC classification | Bo-Bo]] diesel-electric locomotive, otherwise known as an English Electric Type 1. 228 of these locomotives were built between 1957 and 1968. Weighing 73 tonnes and delivering 1,000 horsepower, they were designed to work light mixed freight traffic at up to 75 mph. Members of the class are nicknamed “Choppers” "Choppers" because of the distinctive engine beat under load which resembles the sound of a helicopter. ==20048 in service==The locomotive was built at English Electric's Vulcan Foundry as Works no 2770 and entered service at Hornsey Depot (34B) on 31 December 1959 under its original number D8048. Subsequent allocations included Finsbury Park (34G) in 1960, Immingham (40B) in 1966, Tinsley (41A) in 1970 and Eastfield (65A) in 1971.<ref name=BRDB>[https://www.brdatabase.info/locoqry.php?action=locodata&type=D&id=8048&loco=8048 BRDatabase]</ref>  It was one of the first diesels to be repainted in BR's 1965 blue livery, although it ran for a period with the BR 'double arrows' reversed after an incorrect application.<ref name=RI>[https://www.pressreader.com/uk/railways-illustrated/20210224/281938840639032 Railways Illustrated] via PressReader.com</ref> D8048 was renumbered 20048 in 1973 under [[TOPS codes|TOPS]]. It was then reallocated to the London Midland region in 1976.<ref name=BRDB/> After being withdrawn from service in February 1981 but reinstated in May 1983,<ref>[https://railuk.info/diesel/getloco.php?id=1175 RailUK.info]</ref> it was finally withdrawn at Bescot in 1990.<ref name=RI/>

20048 was purchased in 1991 by '''The Midland Class 20 Association''' which had been formed in 1989. It was briefly based at Peak Rail in Matlock before spending a period on industrial hire to RFS Industries for use in construction of the Channel Tunnel terminal at Cheriton. It returned to preservation in May 1993 and was restored to its original BR green livery and number D8048 in 1998. After spending time at the Battlefield Line at Shackerstone and the Great Central Railway at Loughborough, D8048 then began a second period of industrial hire in February 2002, on this occasion to Victa Railfreight for use at Charing; the main railhead for the construction of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link in Kent. After 14 months, D8048 was stopped by mechanical failure and moved to Wabtec at Doncaster for repair, after which it returned to the Great Central Railway around April 2005.<ref>[https://www.flickr.com/photos/36034969@N08/28366494662 2002 Photo on Flickr + history]</ref><ref>[https://www.flickr.com/photos/37190-dalzell/24548654139/ 2006 Photo on Flickr]</ref> After brief periods at several other railways, D8048 moved to what would become its new home, the Midland Railway Centre at Butterley, circa May 2008. It was repainted into BR Blue during 2009, reverting to the later number 20048.<ref>[http://www.uklocos.com/final-results.asp?action=display&id=1469 UKLocos.com]</ref>  <gallery mode=packed heights=200px style="text-align:left">File:No.20048 (Class 20) (6104022609).jpg |20048 at Butterley in 2011</gallery> In June February 2021 the Association completed the sale of the locomotive to '''Class 20189 Limited'''.<ref name=RI/> Class 20189 Limited was incorporated in 2006 as Company number 05742768; {{As of |2022 | lc="y"}} Michael Owen is the SVR signed a deal with sole Director.<ref>Companies House</ref> The company also owns Class 20 locomotives 20007, 20142 and 20189 Ltd to hire 20048 until October 2022 to assist working , all of which are main line registered and have previously [[BridgnorthDiesel Locomotives visiting the SVR for galas|visitied the SVR for Diesel galas]] based turns that were seeing increased diesel usage due to coal supply problems.

In June 2022 the SVR signed a deal with Class 20189 Limited to hire 20048 until October 2022 to assist working [[Bridgnorth]] based turns that were seeing increased diesel usage due to coal supply problems. The locomotive, which had undergone just completed a recent full overhaul, arrived by rail on 10 June in convoy with fellow Class 20s 20142 and 20007 (20048 not being main line registered). Its first day in traffic on the SVR was 15 June.

*[[Diesel Locomotives hired by the SVR]]

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_Class_20 BR Class 20 on Wikipedia]

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