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British Rail 15107

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British Rail 15107
Type and origin
Power typeDiesel-electric
BuilderBritish Railways Swindon Works
Serial numberLot 363 (GWR Order)
Build date30 November 1949
Total produced1
Specifications
Configuration:
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 • Whyte0-6-0DE
 • UICC
Gauge4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Wheel diameter4 ft 0+1⁄2 in (1.232 m)
Wheelbase11 ft 6 in (3.505 m)
Length29 ft 0+1⁄2 in (8.852 m)
Width9 ft (2.743 m)
Height12 ft 5 in (3.785 m)
Loco weight46.10 long tons (46.84 t; 51.63 short tons)
Fuel capacity600 imp gal (2,700 L; 720 US gal)
Prime moverPetter SS4
Traction motorsBrush Traction, 2 off
Cylinders4
TransmissionElectric
MU workingNot fitted
Train heatingNone
Performance figures
Maximum speed20 mph (32 km/h)
Power outputEngine: 360 bhp (268 kW)
Tractive effort35,000 lbf (155.7 kN)
Career
OperatorsBritish Railways
Numbers15107
Axle load classRoute availability
Retired16 June 1958
DispositionScrapped, Swindon Works

British Rail 15107 was a 0-6-0 diesel-electric shunter locomotive commissioned by the Great Western Railway from its Swindon Works, but delivered to British Railways after nationalisation. It had a Petter 4-cylinder engine. Its shed allocation in 1950 was Western Region, 82B, St Philip's Marsh, Bristol.[1][2]

Number 15107 had a short life and never acquired a British Railways classification. It was withdrawn in June 1958 and broken up at Swindon.[3]

See also

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References

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  1. ↑ Davies, F. K. (1956) [1952]. The Locomotives of the Great Western Railway, part eleven: The Rail Motor Vehicles and Internal Combustion Locomotives (2nd ed.). Railway Correspondence and Travel Society. pp. 23–24.ISBN 0-901115-38-X
  2. ↑ Strickland, D.C. (1982). Locomotive directory: every single one there has ever been. Camberley: Diesel and Electric Group. p. 62. ISBN 0-906375-10-X.
  3. ↑ Marsden, Colin (1981). A pictorial history of the diesel shunter. Oxford: Oxford Publishing. Plate 41. ISBN 0-86093-108-0.

Further reading

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  • Brush Diesel & Electric Locomotive Works List, re-printed by the Industrial Railway Society in 1999
  • Ian Allan ABC of British Railways Locomotives (various dates)
  • "Western Region Allocations", pp. 38–39, published in 1953 by the Locomotive Club of Great Britain