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===SVR use===
 
===SVR use===
 
In July 2022 the SVR announced that, given the then issues with coal supply, it had also taken the opportunity to retain the locomotive following the Spring Diesel Festival, to give another locomotive for use during the main season.<ref>[https://www.svrlive.com/bljul22 Branch Lines, July 2022]</ref> Its boiler meant a further period of hire, to cover winter services, was also mooted.
 
In July 2022 the SVR announced that, given the then issues with coal supply, it had also taken the opportunity to retain the locomotive following the Spring Diesel Festival, to give another locomotive for use during the main season.<ref>[https://www.svrlive.com/bljul22 Branch Lines, July 2022]</ref> Its boiler meant a further period of hire, to cover winter services, was also mooted.
 
Unfortunately its first week of use saw a battery fire at Kidderminster.
 
  
 
==See also==
 
==See also==

Revision as of 21:05, 22 July 2022

BRBritish Rail or British Railways Class 46 D182
No.D182, BR no.46045 (Class 46) (6101025560) (2).jpg
D182
Built By British Railways, Derby Works
Configuration 1Co-Co1
Power type Diesel-electric
Status In service
Loco Number D182
Other Numbers 46045, 97404
History
Built 1962
Type Class 46
1984 Withdrawn for departmental use

Diesel Locomotives

D182 is a BRBritish Rail or British Railways Class 46 diesel electric locomotive. It arrived on the SVRSevern Valley Railway in May 2022 for the Spring Diesel Festival and remained on hire.

BRBritish Rail or British Railways Class 46

The BRBritish Rail or British Railways Class 46 diesel-electric locomotive was originally classified as the Type 4The British Railways classification for diesel locomotives of 2000 bhp to 2999 bhp ‘Peak’. The introduction of TOPS saw the type designated as Class 46.

A total of 56 were built by BRBritish Rail or British Railways Derby between 1961 and 1963 as part of BRBritish Rail or British Railways's modernisation plans to replace steam locomotives. It was the third of the ‘Peak’ classes after what became the Classes 44 and 45. The Type were built with the same Sulzer 12-cylinder 12LDA28-B engine as the Class 45s, rated at 2,500 bhp, but with Brush transmissions. This arrangement was later developed further with the ubiquitous Class 47.

The class were used on both goods and passenger services, with the latter notably including heavy cross-country expresses between the north east and south west.

They were fitted with steam powered train heating boilers but, unlike some of the Class 45s, never fitted with electric train supply.

Service

D182 entered service in September 1962 at Gateshead, where it remained its entire service career. The introduction of TOPSTotal Operations Processing System, an American computer system adopted by BR from the late 1960s to number and manage rolling stock. saw the locomotive renumbered as 46045 in October 1973. It was withdrawn in November 1984 on the Western Region, being returned to Derby.

Research department use

On withdrawal it was renumbered 97404 and transferred to Research department stock during December 1984, running until 1986 when it was stored after suffering a generator flashover[1].

Preservation

D182 is one of three remaining class members. It is owned by Peak Locomotive Co Ltd and is normally based at the Midland Railway Centre, Butterley.

It retains its steam heating boiler.

SVRSevern Valley Railway use

In July 2022 the SVRSevern Valley Railway announced that, given the then issues with coal supply, it had also taken the opportunity to retain the locomotive following the Spring Diesel Festival, to give another locomotive for use during the main season.[2] Its boiler meant a further period of hire, to cover winter services, was also mooted.

See also

References

  1. Derby Sulzers website (Retrieved 16 July 2022)
  2. Branch Lines, July 2022

Links