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The BR Class 35 was developed for British Railways Western Region 'BR(W)' as a 'Type 3' lightweight mixed traffic [[UIC classification | B-B]] locomotive used for both secondary passenger work and freight duties. The class became known as ‘Hymeks’ because of their Mekydro-designed hydraulic transmission. A total of 101 were built between 1961 and 1964; they saw use all over the Western region, including being used in multiple (up to three locomotives) as bankers on the notorious Lickey Incline. That use did include the Severn Valley branch: [[BR Riddles 4MT 80079]] was hauled from [[Barry Scrapyard]] to the SVR by D7060 on 15 May 1971.<ref>SVR News 22</ref>
Diesel-hydraulic locomotives were not generally favoured by BR, and the class had only a short working life, being withdrawn between 1971 and 1975 when they were replaced by Class 37 diesel-electric locomotives. Three other Class 35s have survived into preservation, D7017 and D7018 at the West Somerset Railway and D7076 at the East Lancashire Railway. Two of the three have [[Diesel Locomotives visiting the SVR for galas|visited the SVR for Diesel Galas]], D7018 in October 1985 and D7076 in May 1990 and October 2015.
==D7029 in service==
