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The British Rail 'Class 48' was a diesel locomotive class which only consisted of only five examples, built at Brush Falcon Works in Loughborough and delivered between September 1965 and July 1966. They were part of the British Rail Class 47 order, but differed from their classmates by being fitted with a Sulzer V12 12LVA24 power unit producing 2,650bhp, as opposed to the standard 12LDA28 double straight-six unit of the remaining fleet.
The locomotives were numbered D1702-D1706 / D48114-d48118.
The locomotives mainly worked from Tinsley depot in Sheffield, on both passenger and freight work. In 1969 they moved to Norwich depot where they worked on express trains between there and London Liverpool Street. The 12LVA24 engine, however, was found to be unreliable, and the locomotives spent more time out of service than their standard counterparts. Repairs to the engine failures were often expensive.
Eventually it was decided not to continue with the 12LVA24 experiment, and it was decided to remove the engines and fit the standard 12LDA28 engines to the locomotives. D1702 was the first to be so treated at Crewe Works, using parts from D1908, withdrawn after a serious accident. It emerged in December 1969. All five locomotives had been so converted by early 1971, and then became standard Class 47s. The power units were sold to SNCF and used in their 68000 series locomotives.
The 5 Diesel locomotives continued in service for many years afterwards and were renumbered into the series 48114-48118 to conform with the TOPS numbering system in the early 1970s. Four of the locomotives were withdrawn from service between December 1990 and January 1991; the sole survivor, 48114, survived until 2002 when it too was sidelined. However, there was to be a further lease of life for 48117 (D1705) when it was bought for preservation by rail enthusiast and pop music producer Pete Waterman. It is now owned by the Type 1 Locomotive Association and works on the private Great Central Railway. Whislt 48114 remains disused & dismantled at C, F Booths, Rotherham, The other three class 48 locomotives have since been long scrapped, although the class carried the same number like the class 47s so the number 48 was never carried.
★ Sulzer Engineer article
★ D1705 at the Great Central Railway
Former Class 48, No.47117, at Weymouth station with a holiday passenger train in 1989.
The British Rail 'Class 48' was a diesel locomotive class which only consisted of only five examples, built at Brush Falcon Works in Loughborough and delivered between September 1965 and July 1966. They were part of the British Rail Class 47 order, but differed from their classmates by being fitted with a Sulzer V12 12LVA24 power unit producing 2,650bhp, as opposed to the standard 12LDA28 double straight-six unit of the remaining fleet.
| Contents |
| Numbering |
| In Service |
| Rebuilding |
| Further Service & Preservation |
| External links |
Numbering
The locomotives were numbered D1702-D1706 / D48114-d48118.
In Service
The locomotives mainly worked from Tinsley depot in Sheffield, on both passenger and freight work. In 1969 they moved to Norwich depot where they worked on express trains between there and London Liverpool Street. The 12LVA24 engine, however, was found to be unreliable, and the locomotives spent more time out of service than their standard counterparts. Repairs to the engine failures were often expensive.
Rebuilding
Eventually it was decided not to continue with the 12LVA24 experiment, and it was decided to remove the engines and fit the standard 12LDA28 engines to the locomotives. D1702 was the first to be so treated at Crewe Works, using parts from D1908, withdrawn after a serious accident. It emerged in December 1969. All five locomotives had been so converted by early 1971, and then became standard Class 47s. The power units were sold to SNCF and used in their 68000 series locomotives.
Further Service & Preservation
The 5 Diesel locomotives continued in service for many years afterwards and were renumbered into the series 48114-48118 to conform with the TOPS numbering system in the early 1970s. Four of the locomotives were withdrawn from service between December 1990 and January 1991; the sole survivor, 48114, survived until 2002 when it too was sidelined. However, there was to be a further lease of life for 48117 (D1705) when it was bought for preservation by rail enthusiast and pop music producer Pete Waterman. It is now owned by the Type 1 Locomotive Association and works on the private Great Central Railway. Whislt 48114 remains disused & dismantled at C, F Booths, Rotherham, The other three class 48 locomotives have since been long scrapped, although the class carried the same number like the class 47s so the number 48 was never carried.
External links
★ Sulzer Engineer article
★ D1705 at the Great Central Railway
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