LMS diesel shunter 7050

LMS 7050
Power type Diesel Mechanical
Builder Drewry Car Co. at English Electric, Preston
Serial number Drewry 2047
English Electric 847
Build date 1934
Total produced 1
Configuration 0-4-0DM
Gauge 4 ft 8 12 in (1,435 mm)
Wheel diameter 3 ft 0 in (0.914 m)
Wheelbase 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)
Length 23 ft 10 12 in (7.28 m)
Width 8 ft 5 in (2.57 m)
Height 12 ft 8 in (3.86 m)
Locomotive weight 25 long tons 8 cwt (56,900 lb/25.8 t)
Fuel capacity 100 imperial gallons (454.61 l; 120.09 US gal)
Engine type W.H. Allen 8RS18 8-cyl of 160hp at 1200rpm;
later Gardner 6L3 6-cyl of 150hp
Transmission ENV and Bostock & Bramley
Top speed 12 mph (19 km/h)
Tractive effort 11,200 lbf (49.8 kN)
Locomotive brakes Air brake
Train brakes none
Career London, Midland and Scottish Railway
War Department
Number in class 1
Disposition Preserved in 1979

LMS diesel shunter 7050 is a one-off diesel shunter railway locomotive, now preserved at the National Railway Museum.

History

The 7050 locomotive carried an original number of 7400 only within the Preston works where it was built, and was delivered as number 7050. It was loaned to the War Department between 1940-1941, which numbered it 25. It was withdrawn from LMS stock in March 1943 and sold to the War Department, which then numbered it 224. Subsequent renumberings by the WD, and later the Army, saw it carry numbers 70224 (in 1944), 846 (1952) and 240 (1968).

At some point in time, it was rebuilt with a Gardner engine. It was preserved in 1979, and has been displayed at the National Railway Museum in York and the now defunct Museum of Army Transport in Beverley.

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