A significant number of British Rail Class 47 locomotives have been preserved on heritage railways,[1] the current total standing at 37. These are listed below.
Of note are the first built locomotive, 47401 'North Eastern', and one of the Royal Train locomotives, 47798 'Prince William'.
Locomotives that do not currently carry their names are shown with the name in brackets.
| Numbers carried (Current no. in bold) |
Name | Livery | Location | Owner | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D1107 | 47524 | - | - | - | (Res Gestae) | Rail Express Systems | Churnet Valley Railway | Staffordshire Type 4 Ltd[2] |
| D1500 | 47401 | - | - | - | North Eastern | BR Blue | Midland Railway - Butterley | The 47401 Project[3] |
| D1501 | 47402 | - | - | - | (Gateshead) | BR Green | East Lancashire Railway | Privately Owned[4] |
| D1516 | 47417 | - | - | - | - | BR Green | Midland Railway - Butterley | The 47401 Project[3] |
| D1524 | 47004 | - | - | - | (Old Oak Common) | BR Green | Embsay & Bolton Abbey Steam Railway | Newton Heath Diesel Traction Group |
| D1566 | 47449 | - | - | - | Orion | BR Green | Llangollen Railway | Llangollen Diesel Group[5] |
| D1606 | 47029 | 47635 | - | - | Jimmy Milne | BR Blue Large Logo | The Battlefield Line | Privately Owned |
| D1643 | 47059 | 47631 | 47765 | - | (Ressaldar) | Rail Express Systems | Great Central Railway (Nottingham) | GCRN Diesel Group[6] |
| D1656 | 47072 | 47609 | 47834 | 47798 | Prince William | Royal Train Purple | National Railway Museum | National Railway Museum[7] |
| D1661 | 47077 | 47613 | 47840 | - | NORTH STAR | BR Green | West Somerset Railway | Diesel & Electric Preservation Group[8] |
| D1662 | 47484 | - | - | - | (Isambard Kingdom Brunel) | GWR Green | Private location, Warwickshire | Privately Owned |
| D1693 | 47105 | - | - | - | Tim Leverton * | BR Blue | Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway | Brush Type 4 Fund[9] |
| D1705 | 47117 | - | - | - | Sparrowhawk | BR Green | Great Central Railway | Type 1 Locomotive Company[10] |
| D1723 | 47540 | - | - | - | (The Institute of Civil Engineers) | Departmental "Dutch" Grey | Wensleydale Railway | Privately Owned |
| D1725 | 47490 | 47768 | - | - | (Resonant) | Rail Express Systems | Vale of Glamorgan Railway | Privately Owned |
| D1754 | 47160 | 47605 | 47746 | - | (The Bobby) | Rail Express Systems | Crewe Electric Depot | Brush Type 4 Fund [9] |
| D1755 | 47161 | 47541 | 47773 | - | (The Queen Mother) | BR green | Tyseley Locomotive Works | Vintage Trains[11] |
| D1760 | 47492 | - | - | - | (The Enterprising Scot) | Rail Express Systems | Carnforth | Privately Owned |
| D1762 | 47167 | 47580 | 47732 | - | (County of Suffolk) | Variation on large logo blue | Tyseley Locomotive Works | Stratford 47 Group[12] |
| D1778 | 47183 | 47579 | 47793 | - | (Christopher Wren & James Nighthall GC) | EWS | Mangapps Railway Museum | Privately Owned |
| D1787 | 47306 | - | - | - | The Sapper | Railfreight Distribution | Bodmin & Wenford Railway | Bodmin & Wenford Main Line Diesel Group[13] |
| D1842 | 47192 | - | - | - | - | BR Green | Crewe Heritage Centre | The Railway Age Trust Crewe |
| D1855 | 47205 | 47395 | 47205 | - | - | BR Railfreight 3 tone Grey - Distribution Sub-Sector | Northampton & Lamport Railway | Privately Owned |
| D1886 | 47367 | - | - | - | - | - | North Norfolk Railway | Stratford 47 Group [12] |
| D1895 | 47376 | - | - | - | Freightliner 1995 | Freightliner Grey | Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway | Brush Type 4 Fund [9] |
| D1909 | 47232 | 47665 | 47820 | 47785 | (Fiona Castle) | EWS | Stainmore Railway, Kirkby Stephen | Privately Owned |
| D1921 | 47244 | 47640 | - | - | University of Strathclyde | BR Large Logo Blue | Battlefield Railway | Privately Owned |
| D1932 | 47493 | 47701 | - | - | Waverley | BR Green | Dartmoor Railway | The Lear Family |
| D1933 | 47255 | 47596 | - | - | (Aldeburgh Festival) | BR Blue | Mid-Norfolk Railway | Stratford 47 Group [12] |
| D1943 | 47500 | 47770 | - | - | (Restormel) (Great Western) |
Rail Express Systems | Tyseley Locomotive Works | Privately Owned |
| D1945 | 47502 | 47715 | - | - | Poseidon | Fragonset Black | Wensleydale Railway | MTT Rail[14] |
| D1946 | 47503 | 47771 | - | - | (Heaton Traincare Depot) | Rail Express Systems | Colne Valley Railway | Class 47 Preservation Project[15] |
| D1951 | 47507 | 47716 | - | - | (Duke of Edinburgh's Award) | Rail Express Systems | Gloucester | Privately Owned |
| D1960 | 47514 | 47703 | - | - | Saint Mungo | FM Rail | Wensleydale Railway | Privately Owned |
| D1970 | 47269 | 47643 | - | - | - | InterCity Executive | Bo'ness & Kinneil Railway | Owned by the Scottish Railway Preservation Society Diesel Group[16] |
| D1971 | 47270 | - | - | - | Swift | BR Blue | Washwood Heath | Privately Owned |
| D1994 | 47292 | - | - | - | - | Variation on large logo blue | Great Central Railway (Nottingham) | Privately owned |
* Name applied during preservation