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== 20177 in preservation ==
 
== 20177 in preservation ==
20177 is owned by the Somerset & Dorset Loco Company. It was moved to Boden Rail, Washwood Heath in September 2014 to be 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>.
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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>[http://forum.svra.org.uk/viewtopic.php?t=1460&start=0 SVR-Online Forum]</ref>
  
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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>.
  
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== See Also ==
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[[Diesel Locomotives]]
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[http://www.preserved-diesels.co.uk/engines/20177_index.htm 20177 on Preserved Diesels website]<br>
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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Rail_Class_20 BR Class 20 on Wikipedia]

Revision as of 19:45, 1 September 2016

BRBritish Rail or British Railways Class 20 20177
20177 20150607.jpg
20177 at Kidderminster, 2015
Built By English Electric Vulcan Foundry Works, Newton-le-Willows
Configuration Bo-Bo
Power type Diesel Electric
Status Purchased for spares
Loco Number 20177
Other Numbers D8177
History
Built 1966
Designed By English Electric
Type Class 20
2015 Arrived on SVRSevern Valley Railway for stripping for spare parts
Technical
Length 46ft 9¼"
Weight 73t

Diesel Locomotives

20177 is a BRBritish Rail or British Railways Class 20 Bo-Bo diesel-electric locomotive, otherwise known as an English Electric Type 1The British Railways classification for diesel locomotives of up to 1000 bhp. 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” because of the distinctive engine beat under load which resembles the sound of a helicopter.

20177 in service

D8177 was built by the English Electric Company’s Vulcan Foundry as Works No 3648 of 1966. It was allocated to Nottingham Division, entering service in November 1966 and remaining there until withdrawal from service in July 1993. The locomotive was renumbered to 20177 on 1 January 1973 under TOPSTotal Operations Processing System, an American computer system adopted by BR from the late 1960s to number and manage rolling stock..[1]

20177 in preservation

Some of the post-BRBritish Rail or British Railways history of 20177 may be seen in photographs on the Preserved Diesels website. 20177 was used by EWSEnglish, Welsh & Scottish Railway, a rail freight company at Toton[2] where it was photographed in mid-2002 in a poor state of repair (link). By October 2002 the locomotive had been acquired by present owners, the 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 D8059 and D8188 (link). 20177 moved to Tyseley in 2004 with D8059, from where it moved to Kidderminster in 2010.[3]

20177 was moved to Boden Rail, Washwood Heath in September 2014 to be further stripped for spares[4], following which it returned to Kidderminster circa February 2015[5].

See Also

Diesel Locomotives

References

  1. BRDatabase website
  2. UKLocos database (link)
  3. SVR-Online Forum
  4. UKLocos.com
  5. Railway Illustrated

Links

20177 on Preserved Diesels website
BR Class 20 on Wikipedia