British Rail 15107

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British Rail 15107
Builder: Brush Traction
Introduced: 1949
Early numbers: 15107
Engine: Petter 4-cylinder
Transmission: Electric
Wheel layout: 0-6-0 shunter
Wheel diameter: 4' 0½" (1,232 mm)
Weight: 46 tons 2 cwt (47 tonnes)
Engine power: 360 bhp (268 KW)
Maximum TE: 35,000 lbf
Heating type: none
Multiple working: none
Operators: British Railways

British Rail 15107 was a locomotive commissioned by British Rail in England. It was a diesel powered locomotive in the pre-TOPS period built by Brush Traction with a Petter engine.

Its shed allocation in 1950 was Western Region, 82B, St Philips Marsh, Bristol. Number 15107 had a short life and never acquired a British Railways classification. It was withdrawn in 1958 and broken up at Swindon Works.

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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", pp38-39, published in 1953 by the Locomotive Club of Great Britain