British Rail 15107

British Rail 15107
Type and origin Power type Diesel-electric Builder British Railways Swindon Works Serial number Lot 363 (GWR Order) Build date 30 November 1949 Total produced 1
Specifications Configuration: ​  •  Whyte 0-6-0 DE  •  UIC C Gauge 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge Wheel diameter 4 ft 0+1⁄2 in (1.232 m) Wheelbase 11 ft 6 in (3.505 m) Length 29 ft 0+1⁄2 in (8.852 m) Width 9 ft (2.743 m) Height 12 ft 5 in (3.785 m) Loco weight 46.10 long tons (46.84  t; 51.63 short tons) Fuel capacity 600 gals Prime mover Petter SS4 Traction motors Brush Traction, 2 off Cylinders 4 Transmission Electric MU working Not fitted Train heating None
Performance figures Maximum speed 20 mph (32 km/h) Power output Engine: 360  bhp (268  kW) Tractive effort 35,000 lbf (155.7 kN)
Career Operators British Railways Numbers 15107 Axle load class Route availability Retired 16 June 1958 Disposition Scrapped, 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]

Number 15107 had a short life and never acquired a British Railways classification. It was withdrawn in June 1958 and broken up at Swindon. ^[2]

See also

• British Rail Class D3/14
• GWR diesel shunters
• List of British Rail classes

Sources

1. 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.
2. Marsden, Colin (1981). A pictorial history of the diesel shunter. Oxford: Oxford Publishing. pp. unpaged [p.23]. ISBN   0-86093-108-0.

• 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