British Rail Class 97/6
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The British Rail Class 97/6 diesel shunting locomotives were purpose-built for departmental duties by Ruston & Hornsby at Lincoln in 1953 (97650) or 1959 (97651-654). This class of five locomotives are outwardly similar to the Class 04 locomotives built around the same time.
The fleet was originally numbered PWM650-654 in the Western Region Permanent Way Machines series, but were renumbered into the Class 97 series between 1979-1981. Locomotives were original painted in BR Green livery, which was later superseded by BR Blue and finally Civil Engineering Yellow liveries. They were employed at various locations, including Reading West (97650/653/654), Gloucester / Cardiff Canton (97651) and Plymouth Laira (97652).
With the privatisation of British Rail these locomotives were largely made redundant. Three locomotives had already been withdrawn from traffic, and only nos. 97651 and 97654 survived long enough to pass into English, Welsh and Scottish Railway ownership. Number 97654 was sold to an infrastructure company based in Edinburgh, and remained in use until 2005, when it was preserved. Number 97651 was one of the first locomotives sold by EWS into preservation.
[edit] Preservation
Three of the five locomotives have been preserved on heritage railways.
- 97650 - Lincolnshire Wolds Railway
- 97651 - Northampton & Lamport Railway
- 97654 - Peak Rail
[edit] Fleet details
| Key: | Withdrawn | Preserved | Scrapped |
|---|
| Number(s) | Built | Final livery | Withdrawn | Disposal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 97650 | PWM650 | 1953 | BR Blue | 1987 | Preserved |
| 97651 | PWM651 | 1959 | CE Yellow | 1996 | Preserved |
| 97652 | PWM652 | 1959 | CE Yellow | 1987 | Scrapped (1990) |
| 97653 | PWM653 | 1959 | CE Yellow | 1993 | Withdrawn |
| 97654 | PWM654 | 1959 | CE Yellow | 2005 | Preserved |
[edit] External links
- Heritage Shunters Trust - owners of 97654.
- Information and details on TheRailwayCentre.Com website.
- PWM651 info page at Northampton & Lamport Railway
- DPTnet - The Departmentals Website
| British Rail non-steam locomotives | ||
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| Diesel locomotives - Electric locomotives - DMU - DEMU - AC EMU - DC EMU - Departmental units | ||
| Diesel shunting locomotives | ||
| Classes: | 01 - 01/5 - 02 - 03 - 04 - 05 - 06 - 07 - 08 - 09 - 10 - 11 - 12 - 13 - 14 | |
| Pre-TOPS type: | D1/1 - D1/2 - D1/3 - D1/4 - D2/1 - D2/2 - D2/3 - D2/4 - D2/5 - D2/6 - D2/7 - D2/8 - D2/9 - D2/10 - D2/11 - D2/12 - D3/1 - D3/2 - D3/3 - D3/4 - D3/5 - D3/6 - D3/7 - D3/8 - D3/9 - D3/10 - D3/11 - D3/12 - D3/13 - D3/14 |
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| Pre-1955 type: | 11001 - 11104 - 15107 - 13000 | |
| Main-line diesel locomotives | ||
| Classes: | 15 - 16 - 17 - 20 - 21 - 21 (Vossloh) - 22 - 23 - 24 - 25 - 26 - 27 - 28 - 29 - 30 - 31 - 33 - 35 - 37 - 40 - 41 (Warship Class) - 41 (HST) - 42 - 43 (Warship Class) - 43 (HST) - 44 - 45 - 46 47 - 48 - 50 - 52 - 53 - 55 - 56 - 57 - 58 - 59 - 60 - 66 - 67 |
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| Pre-TOPS type: | D8/1 - D8/2 - D10/1 - D10/2 - D10/3 - D11/1 - D11/2 - D11/3 - D11/4 - D11/5 - D12/1 - D12/2 - D12/3 - D13/1 - D14/1 - D14/2 - D15/1 - D15/2 - D16/1 - D16/2 - D17/1 - D17/2 - D20/1 - D20/2 - D22/1 - D22/2 - D23/1 - D25/1 - D27/1 - D33/1 - KA - KB |
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| Pre-1955 type: | 10000-10001 - 10100 - 10201-10203 - 10800 | |
| Electric locomotives | ||
| Classes: | 70 - 71 - 73 - 74 - 76 - 77 - 80 - 81 - 82 - 83 - 84 - 85 - 86 - 87 - 89 - 90 - 91 - 92 | |
| Pre-TOPS type: | AL1 - AL2 - AL3 - AL4 - AL5 - AL6 - EB1 - EE1 - EM1 - EM2 - ES1 - HA - HB - JA - JB | |
| Other locomotives | ||
| Departmental: | 97 - 97/6 - Eastern - Southern - Other Series | |
| Other: | 98 - 99 - 15097-15099 - 18000 - 18100 | |
| Demonstrators: | D0226/D0227 - D0260 - D0280 - D9998 - DHP1 - DP1 - DP2 - GT3 - HS4000 - Janus/Taurus | |
