List of preserved British Rail Class 47 locomotives

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A significant number of British Rail Class 47 locomotives have been preserved on heritage railways, the current total standing at 32 as of July 2024. [1] Five locomotives (47 270, 47 580, 47 712, 47 773 and 47 828) are mainline registered and as such may operate on Network Rail. Locomotives that do not currently carry their names are shown with the name in brackets.

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Preserved examples

Numbers carried
(Current number in bold)		NameLiveryLocationOwner
150047 401---North Eastern BR Blue Midland Railway - Butterley The 47401 Project [2]
D150147 402---(Gateshead)BR Green Chinnor & Princes Risborough Railway Privately Owned [3]
D151647 417----BR Green Midland Railway - Butterley The 47401 Project [2]
D152447 004---(Old Oak Common)BR Green Embsay & Bolton Abbey Steam Railway Newton Heath Diesel Traction Group
D156647 449---(Orion)BR Blue Llangollen Railway Llangollen Diesel Group [4]
D160647 02947 635--Jimmy Milne BR Blue Large Logo Epping Ongar Railway Privately Owned
D164347 05947 63147 765-(Ressaldar)BR Scotrail Blue Stripe East Lancashire Railway Privately owned
D165447 07047 62047 83547 799(Prince Henry)Royal Train Maroon Eden Valley Railway Privately Owned
D165647 07247 60947 83447 798Prince WilliamRoyal Train Maroon National Railway Museum National Railway Museum [5]
D166147 07747 61347 840-NORTH STARBR Blue North Yorkshire Moors Railway Diesel & Electric Preservation Group [6]
D166247 484---(Isambard Kingdom Brunel)GWR GreenWishawPioneer Diesel Group
169347 105----BR Blue Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway Brush Type 4 Fund [7]
1705
(formerly Class 48)		47 117---SparrowhawkBR Blue Great Central Railway Type 1 Locomotive Company [8]
D175547 16147 54147 773-(The Queen Mother)BR Green Tyseley Locomotive Works Vintage Trains [9]
D176247 16747 58047 732-County of Essex BR Blue with Union Jack (Stratford grey roof) Mid Norfolk Railway Mid Norfolk Railway [10]
D177847 18347 57947 793- James Nightall GCBR Blue Large Logo The Watercress Line Privately Owned.
D178747 306---(The Sapper) Railfreight Distribution European Bodmin & Wenford Railway Bodmin & Wenford Main Line Diesel Group [11]
D184247 192---BasilBR Green Crewe Heritage Centre Crewe Heritage Trust Limited
D185547 20547 39547 205--Railfreight Distribution triple grey Northampton & Lamport Railway Privately Owned
D188647 367---(Kenny Cockbird)BR Blue Chinnor & Princes Risborough Railway Privately Owned
D189547 376---Freightliner 1995 Freightliner Grey Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway Brush Type 4 Fund [7]
D190947 23247 66547 82047 785(Fiona Castle)EWS Wensleydale Railway Harry Needle [12]
D192147 24447 640--University of StrathclydeBR Blue Large Logo Battlefield Railway Privately Owned
D193347 25547 596--Aldeburgh FestivalBR Green Mid-Norfolk Railway Mid-Norfolk Railway [10]
D194547 50247 715--(Haymarket)Virgin Trains [13] Chinnor & Princes Risborough Railway Rail Engineering Solutions [14]
D194647 50347 771--(Heaton Traincare Depot) Rail Express Systems Arlington Eastleigh WorksClass 47 Preservation Project [15]
D194847 50547 712--Lady Diana SpencerBR Scotrail Blue Stripe Crewe Diesel TMD Crewe Diesel Preservation Group [16]
D195547 51147 714-- Rail Express Systems [17] Wensleydale Railway [18] Wensleydale Railway [18]
D196647 26647 62947 828-(Joe Strummer)BR Inter-City Carnforth MPD Owned by the D05 Preservation Company
D197047 26947 643--- Intercity (ScotRail branding) Bo'ness & Kinneil Railway Owned by the Scottish Railway Preservation Society Diesel Group [19]
D197147 270---SwiftBR Blue Carnforth MPD Privately Owned
D199447 292----Variation on large logo blue Churnet Valley Railway Privately Owned

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Preserved locomotives". Class47.co.uk. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
  2. 1 2 47401 Project Organisation homepage
  3. ↑ "ELR Diesel Group - 47402/D1501 Gateshead". www.elrdiesel.info. Archived from the original on 26 October 2021. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
  4. ↑ D1566 page Archived 14 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine Llangollen Diesel Group
  5. ↑ NRM fleet list Archived 14 December 2009 at the Wayback Machine NRM website
  6. ↑ 47840 page D&EPG website
  7. 1 2 Homepage Brush Type 4 Fund
  8. ↑ D1705 page Archived 2 May 2006 at the Wayback Machine Type 1 Locomotive Company
  9. ↑ 47773 page Archived 9 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine Vintage trains website
  10. 1 2 "The Mid-Norfolk Railway acquires Class 47 Locomotives from The Stratford 47 Group". The Mid-Norfolk Railway. Retrieved 15 November 2024.
  11. ↑ Bodmin Diesels website Archived 30 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  12. ↑ "Harry Needle sells Class 47s". Railways Illustrated. 1 April 2025. p. 8.
  13. ↑ "Facebook". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 31 July 2025.
  14. ↑ "Big News from Rail Engineering Solutions". LinkedIn. Retrieved 10 March 2025.
  15. ↑ 47771 page [ permanent dead link ] Preserved Diesels website
  16. ↑ "CDPG website". Archived from the original on 11 January 2016. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
  17. ↑ "Class 47 locomotive gets a new Rail Express Systems Livery". Rail Advent. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
  18. 1 2 "Yorkshire railway purchases Class 47 locomotive". Rail Advent. Retrieved 12 May 2025.
  19. ↑ 47643 page Archived 12 January 2008 at the Wayback Machine SRPS Diesel Group website
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