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== D5410 in preservation ==
 
== D5410 in preservation ==
Following withdrawal, D5410 was purchased by Sandwell Council who wished to retain an example of a BRCW locomotive.  It appeared at the SVR Diesel Gala in October 1987, after which it was moved to the Birmingham Railway Museum at Tyseley (now known as Tyseley Locomotive Works).  During the next few years all blue asbestos was removed from the locomotive and it was restored as D5410.  By May 1991 it had returned to the SVR.  Following a period in store, it moved to UKRail's facility in Leicester in November 2015 for bodywork overhaul.<ref>[http://www.svr.co.uk/MeetTheLoco.aspx?id=90 SVR Meet the Locos]</ref>
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Following withdrawal, D5410 was purchased by Sandwell Council who wished to retain an example of a BRCW locomotive.  It appeared at the SVR Diesel Gala in October 1987, after which it was moved to the Birmingham Railway Museum at Tyseley (now known as Tyseley Locomotive Works).  During the next few years all blue asbestos was removed from the locomotive and it was restored as D5410.  By May 1991 it had returned to the SVR.  Following a period in store, it moved to UKRail's facility in Leicester in November 2015 for bodywork overhaul, then moved to Cranmore 23 February 2016.<ref>[http://www.svr.co.uk/MeetTheLoco.aspx?id=90 SVR Meet the Locos]</ref>
  
 
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Revision as of 21:18, 4 May 2016

D5410 is a BRBritish Rail or British Railways Class 27 Bo-Bo diesel-electric locomotive. 69 of these were built by the Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Company (BRCWBirmingham Railway Carriage & Wagon Company) during 1961 and 1962. They were capable of delivering 1,250 horsepower, they were designed to work light mixed freight traffic at up to 75 mph.

D5410 in service

D5410 was built by BRCWBirmingham Railway Carriage & Wagon Company as Works No DEL253 of 1962. It was allocated to Cricklewood East in August of that year, working Tilbury Boat trains and Cross-London freight services. After re-allocation to London (Midland) in 1965 and Nottingham Division in 1968, D5410 moved to Eastfield Depot in Glasgow in March 1969.

While in Scotland, the locomotive was used on the Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street express service, where unreliable DMUs were replaced by pairs of specially adapted Class 27s fitted with push-pull equipment to top and tail rakes of six Mark 2 carriages fitted with air operated disc brakes. In August 1971, following a transfer to Edinburgh Haymarket, D5410 was fitted with air brakes, becoming classified as Class 27/1. A final return to Eastfield took place the following year.

As Class 27/1, the locomotive was renumbered to 27123 on 1 January 1974 under TOPSTotal Operations Processing System, an American computer system adopted by BR from the late 1960s to number and manage rolling stock.. In December of that year, it was fitted with electric train heating alternator equipment, thus becoming a Class 27/2 and being re-numbered as 27205.

By the 1980s the Class 27 push-pull sets were being phased out, and following removal of the special equipment the Class 27/1s and 27/2s were reclassified as 27/0, with the locomotive becoming Number 27059 in February 1983. Thereafter it would have seen service on Edinburgh-Dundee semi-fast passenger services as well as freight duties. Withdrawal took place in July 1987.[1]

D5410 in preservation

Following withdrawal, D5410 was purchased by Sandwell Council who wished to retain an example of a BRCWBirmingham Railway Carriage & Wagon Company locomotive. It appeared at the SVRSevern Valley Railway Diesel Gala in October 1987, after which it was moved to the Birmingham Railway Museum at Tyseley (now known as Tyseley Locomotive Works). During the next few years all blue asbestos was removed from the locomotive and it was restored as D5410. By May 1991 it had returned to the SVRSevern Valley Railway. Following a period in store, it moved to UKRail's facility in Leicester in November 2015 for bodywork overhaul, then moved to Cranmore 23 February 2016.[2]

Links

  1. BRDatabase website
  2. SVR Meet the Locos

See Also

Diesel Locomotives