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|status = Purchased for sparesScrapped

20177 is was 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 The locomotive was resident on the SVR between 1957 2010 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 2017 as a source of spare parts for the class are nicknamed “Choppers” because of the distinctive engine beat under load which resembles the sound of a helicopterowning group's other locomotives.

Some of the post-BR history of 20177 may be seen in photographs on the Preserved Diesels website. 20177 was used by EWS at Toton<ref>UKLocos database ([http://prsl.uk/uklocos/final-results.asp?action=display&Id=5639 link])</ref> where it was photographed in mid-2002 in a poor state of repair ([http://www.preserved-diesels.co.uk/2004/20177_1.htm link]). By October 2002 the locomotive had been acquired by present owners, the [[Somerset & Dorset Loco Company | Somerset & Dorset Locomotive Company]] and moved to their site at Yeovil. There the locomotive began the process of being stripped for spares for the Company's other locomotives [[BR Class 20 D8059 | D8059]] and [[BR Class 20 D8188 | D8188]] ([http://www.preserved-diesels.co.uk/2004/20177_6.htm link]). 20177 moved to Tyseley in 2004 with D8059, from where it moved to Kidderminster in 2010.<ref>[httphttps://forum.svrasvr-online.org.uk/viewtopic.php?t=1460&start=0 SVR-Online Forum]</ref>

20177 was moved to Boden Rail, Washwood Heath in September 2014 to be further stripped for spares<ref>[http://www.uklocos.com/final-results.asp?action=display&Id=6765 UKLocos.com]</ref>, following which it returned to Kidderminster circa February 2015<ref>Railway Illustrated</ref>.  Following the departure of the owning group's other two locomotives in September 2017, 20177 left the SVR by road in October 2017 and was photographed at the scrapyard of C.F. Booth Ltd., Rotherham,<ref>[https://forum.svr-online.org.uk/viewtopic.php?p=54254#54254 SVR-Online Forum], retrieved 2017/10/19</ref> and has since been confirmed as scrapped.<ref>[https://forum.svr-online.org.uk/viewtopic.php?p=54677#54677 SVR-Online Forum], retrieved 2017/12/04</ref>