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BR Class 20 20177

BR Class 20 20177
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20177 at Kidderminster, 2017
Built By English Electric Vulcan Foundry Works, Newton-le-Willows
Configuration Bo-Bo
Power type Diesel Electric
Status Scrapped
Loco Number 20177
Other Numbers D8177
History
Built 1966
Designed By English Electric
Type Class 20
2010 Arrived on SVR for stripping for spare parts
2017 Left, presumed scrapped
Technical
Length 46ft 9¼"
Weight 73t

Diesel Locomotives

20177 was a BR Class 20 Bo-Bo diesel-electric locomotive, otherwise known as an English Electric Type 1. The locomotive was resident on the SVR between 2010 and 2017 as a source of spare parts for the owning group's other locomotives.

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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 TOPS.[1]

20177 in preservation

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[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].

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,[6] and has since been confirmed as scrapped.[7]

See also

Diesel Locomotives
Classes of locomotives used on the Severn Valley Branch in commercial service

References

  1. ↑ BRDatabase website
  2. ↑ UKLocos database (link)
  3. ↑ SVR-Online Forum
  4. ↑ UKLocos.com
  5. ↑ Railway Illustrated
  6. ↑ SVR-Online Forum, retrieved 2017/10/19
  7. ↑ SVR-Online Forum, retrieved 2017/12/04

Links

20177 on Preserved Diesels website
BR Class 20 on Wikipedia

Diesel Locomotives on the SVR
RH 165hp Shunters
BR Shunters
BR Class 14
Clayton Class 17
BR Class 20
BR Class 33
BR Class 35
BR Class 37
BR Class 40
BR Class 42 Warship
BR Class 50
BR Class 52 Western
Diesel Multiple Units
Former residents and locomotives hired by the SVR
RH 165hp Shunters
Main Line locomotives
Other
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