British Rail Class D3/14

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British Rail Class D3/14
Builder: Brush Traction
Introduced: 1949
Early numbers: 15004
Engine: Petter SS4
Transmission: Electric
Wheel layout: 0-6-0 shunter
Wheel diameter: 4' 0" (1,219 mm)
Weight: 51 tons 0 cwt (52 tonnes)
Engine power: 360 bhp (268 KW)
Maximum TE: 32,000 lbf
Heating type: none
Multiple working: none
Operators: British Railways

British Rail Class D3/14 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.

Number 15004 was built as a prototype in 1947 and acquired by the Eastern Region of British Railways in 1949. Its shed allocation in 1950 was Eastern Region, 31B, March. It was withdrawn in 1962.

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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, winter 1962/3 edition, page 227