British Rail Class D3/14

British Rail Class D3/14 was a diesel-electric locomotive built by the London and North Eastern Railway at its Doncaster Works.[1] It had a Petter engine, and Brush Traction electricals. It was absorbed by British Railways on nationalisation, but was withdrawn in the pre-TOPS era.

LNER DES2
British Rail Class D3/14
Type and origin
Power typeDiesel-electric
BuilderLondon and North Eastern Railway’s Doncaster Works
Build date1947
Total produced1
Specifications
Configuration:
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 • Whyte0-6-0 DE
 • UICC
Gauge4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Wheel diameter4 ft 0 in (1.219 m)
Loco weight51.20 long tons (52.02 t; 57.34 short tons)
Prime moverPetter SS4
Traction motorsBrush Traction, 2 off
MU workingNot fitted
Train heatingNone
Train brakesVacuum
Performance figures
Power outputEngine: 360 bhp (270 kW)
Tractive effort32,000 lbf (142.3 kN)
Career
OperatorsLondon and North Eastern Railway,
British Railways
ClassLNER: DES2; BR: DEJ2; later D3/14; later 3/2
NumbersLNER: (none);
BR: 15004
Axle load classRoute availability 5
RetiredSeptember 1962
DispositionScrapped, Doncaster Works

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 It was withdrawn in 1962.

See also

Sources
  1. http://www.brdatabase.info/locoqry.php?action=class&type=D&id=73
  • Brush Diesel & Electric Locomotive Works List (reprint ed.). Industrial Railway Society. 1999.
  • Ian Allan ABC of British Railways Locomotives (Winter 1962–3 ed.). p. 227.
  • Strickland, David C. (1982). Locomotive Directory, every single one there has ever been. Camberley, Surrey: Diesel and Electric Group. p. 62. ISBN 978-0-906375-10-5.
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