BRITISH RAIL DEPARTMENTAL LOCOMOTIVES

Before TOPS Class 97 was issued to self-propelled locomotives in departmental (non-revenue earning) use, British Rail had such locomotives numbered in a variety of series, together with locomotives that were no longer self-propelled. See Also:

★ Southern Region 'DS'-prefix series

★ Eastern Region 1-100 series

Key:	In use	Withdrawn	Preserved	Renumbered	Returned to normal traffic	Scrapped

Contents

Western Region series

Engineering Department series

966xxx and 968xxx series

Internal User series

Miscellaneous locomotives

Western Region series

The Great Western Railway purchased two diesel shunters during its existence, which were numbered 1 and 2. Number 1 was effectively a departmental locomotive, while 2 was in capital stock. Details of both locomotives may be found here.
The GWR also owned a number of small petrol shunters built by Motor Rail, which carried numbers 15 and 22-27 in their departmental number series. These survived to be taken over by British Rail, which did not renumber them. These shunters are listed below.
The Western Region of British Rail used a 'PWM' ('P'ermanent 'W'ay 'M'achinery) series which incorporated some locomotives. The two narrow gauge GWR petrol shunters were allocated numbers in this series, as were the five shunters PWM650-PWM654, which were later renumbered as 97650-97654.

Number	Builder Details	Use	Withdrawn	Disposal
15	Motor Rail, 1923	Shunter	1951	Scrapped (1951)
22	Motor Rail, 1930	Shunter, 2ft gauge, allocated PWM1780	1952	Scrapped (1952)
23	Motor Rail, 1925	Shunter	1960	Scrapped (1960)
24	Motor Rail, 1926	Shunter	1960	Scrapped (1960)
25	Motor Rail, 1930	Shunter, 2ft gauge, allocated PWM1779	1951	Scrapped (1951)
26	Motor Rail, 1927	Shunter	1960	Scrapped (1960)
27	Motor Rail, 1926	Shunter	1960	Scrapped (1960)

Engineering Department series

The London Midland Region Engineering Department numbered its diesel locomotives in a series running from ED1 upwards (though ED8 and ED9 were never allocated).

Number	Former No.	Builder Details	Use	Withdrawn	Disposal
ED1	Ex-LMS 2	Fowler, 1935	Shunter at Beeston sleeper works	1962	Scrapped (1962)
ED2	-	Fowler, 1949	Shunters	1965	Scrapped (1967)
ED3	-	Fowler, 1949	Shunters	1967	Scrapped (1968)
ED4	-	Fowler, 1949	Shunters	1964	Scrapped (1967)
ED5	-	Fowler, 1949	Shunters	1965	Scrapped (1967)
ED6	-	Fowler, 1949	Shunters	1967	Scrapped (1968)
ED7	-	Fowler, 1940	Shunter (purchased in 1955)	1964	Scrapped (1964)
ED10	-	Ruston & Hornsby, 1958	0-4-0 Shunter at Beeston sleeper works	1965	Preserved on Irchester Narrow Gauge Railway

966xxx and 968xxx series

The 968xxx series (in the carriage and wagon number series) was used for departmental locomotives from 1968 onwards. Previously, some former Class 08 shunters that were converted to snowploughs had been numbered in the 966xxx series, but this was discontinued and some of these locomotives were renumbered into the 968xxx series.
When the Class 97 series for self-propelled locomotives was introduced, some locomotives in this series were renumbered to Class 97, leaving the 968xxx numbers just for locomotives that were no longer self-propelled. Since privatisation, other numbering schemes have been used for locomotives used for a similar-purpose as those in the 968xxx series. For completion these locomotives are also included. Details of all locomotives are shown below:

Number	Previous Number(s)	Previous Class	Converted	Use	Withdrawn	Disposal
ADB 966506	13078 / D3078	08	1973	Snowplough	1978	Scrapped (1979)
ADB 966507	13006 / D3006	08	1973	Snowplough	1979	Scrapped (1979)
ADB 966508	13035 / D3035	08	1974	Snowplough	1979	Scrapped (1979)
ADB 966509	13069 / D3069	08	1974	Snowplough	1979	Scrapped (1980)
ADB 966510	13037 / D3037	08	1974	Snowplough	1978	Scrapped (1979)
ADB 966511	13186 / D3186 / 08119	08	1977	Snowplough	1977	Renumbered to ADB 968011
ADB 966512	13177 / D3177 / 08111	08	1977	Snowplough	1977	Renumbered to ADB 968012
ADB 966513	13184 / D3184 / 08117	08	1977	Snowplough	1977	Renumbered to ADB 968013
ADB 966514	E3044 / 84009	84	1978	Mobile load bank	1978	Renumbered to ADB 968021
ADB 968000	D8243	15	1968	Coaching-stock Pre-heating Unit	1981	Scrapped (1990)
ADB 968001	D8233	15	1968	Coaching-stock pre-heating unit	1982	Preserved at East Lancs Railway
ADB 968002	D8237	15	1968	Coaching-stock pre-heating unit	1982	Scrapped (1982)
ADB 968003	D8203	15	1968	Coaching-stock pre-heating unit	1981	Scrapped (1981)
ADB 968004	7055 / MPU2 / 953	Ex-LMS	-	Mobile power generating unit	-	Written off (1975)
TDB 968005	D7089	35	1975	Coaching-stock pre-heating unit	1975	Scrapped (1975)
TDB 968006	D5705 / 15705	28	1968	Coaching-stock pre-heating unit	1977	Preserved on East Lancashire Railway
RDB 968007	D5061 / 24061	24	1975	Research-department use	1978	Renumbered to 97201
TDB 968008	D5054 / 24054	24	1976	Coaching-stock pre-heating unit	1982	Preserved on East Lancashire Railway
TDB 968009	D5142 / 24142	24	1976	Coaching-stock pre-heating unit	1982	Scrapped (1984)
ADB 968010	13184 / D3184 / 08117 / ADB 966513	08	1977	Snowplough	1979	Scrapped (1979)
ADB 968011	13186 / D3186 / 08119 / ADB 966511	08	1977	Snowplough	1979	Scrapped (1980)
ADB 968012	13177 / D3177 / 08111 / ADB 966512	08	1977	Snowplough	1979	Scrapped (1979)
ADB 968013	D5513 / 31013	31	1979	Coaching-stock pre-heating unit	1983	Scrapped (1983)
ADB 968014	D5502 / 31002	31	1980	Coaching-stock pre-heating unit	1982	Scrapped (1984)
ADB 968015	D5514 / 31014	31	1977	Coaching-stock pre-heating unit	1982	Scrapped (1983)
ADB 968016	D5508 / 31008	31	1981	Coaching-stock pre-heating unit	1982	Scrapped (1985)
ADB 968017	13061 / D3061 / 08048	08	Cancelled	Snowplough	-	Scrapped (1978)
ADB 968018	13080 / D3080 / 08065	08	Cancelled	Snowplough	-	Scrapped (1978)
ADB 968019	13081 / D3081 / 08066	08	Cancelled	Snowplough	-	Scrapped (1978)
RDB 968020	13337 / D3337 / 08267	08	1978	Research-department use	1979	Renumbered to 97801
ADB 968021	E3044 / 84009 / ADB 966514	84	1978	Mobile load bank	1995	Scrapped (1995)
ADB 968022	E3038 / 84003	84	Cancelled	Mobile load bank	-	Scrapped (1986)
ADB 968023	E3032 / 83009	83	1983	Static transformer	1985	Returned to normal traffic - later scrapped
ADB 968024	D23 / 45017	45	1985	Static training locomotive	1988	Scrapped (1993)
ADB 968025	D5404 / 27113 / 27207	27	1986	Static training locomotive	1987	Scrapped (1988)
ADB 968026	D7657 / 25307 / 25908	25	1986	Static training locomotive	1988	Scrapped (1988)
ADB 968027	D7672 / 25322 / 25912	25	1987	Static training locomotive	1989	Returned to normal traffic - later preserved
ADB 968028	D5386 / 27024	27	1989	Static training locomotive	1989	Preserved on Caledonian Railway (Brechin)
ADB 968029	D8001 / 20001	20	1989	Static training locomotive	1992	Preserved at Midland Railway Centre
TDB 968030	D6530 / 33018	33	1989	Static training locomotive	1996	Preserved at Midland Railway Centre
ADB 968031	D411 / 50011	50	1988	Power unit transporter	1992	Scrapped (1992)
ADB 968032	D8011 / 20011	20	1988	Power unit transporter	1992	Scrapped (1994)
ADB 968033	D1502 / 47403	47	1988	Static training locomotive	1992	Scrapped (1994)
ADB 968034	D3937 / 08769	08	1988	Static training locomotive	1996	Preserved on Dean Forest Railway
ADB 968035	D1669 / 47538	47	1993	Power unit transporter	1996	Scrapped (1997)

Internal User series

Internal User vehicles are those that are not allowed to run on the mainline, but are only for use within depot complexes. They are often stationary, though not always. Two former locomotives that were heavily stripped, leaving just the frames, to carry power units within Toton depot were allocated IU numbers.

Number	Previous Number(s)	Previous Class	Converted	Use	Withdrawn	Disposal
025031	D6770 / 37070	37	1994	Power unit transporter	1998	Scrapped (2004)
025032	D6838 / 37138	37	1994	Power unit transporter	1998	Scrapped (2004)

Miscellaneous locomotives

Brush Traction, Loughborough have been using a former British Rail Class 56 locomotive in their works as a power unit transporter. It is not registered on the TOPS system, but Brush have given it the painted TOPS-like number 56201.
Similarly, a Class 73 locomotive has been used as a static training locomotive at Moreton-in-Marsh, replacing the previously used locomotives TDB 968030 and ADB 968034. Since this locomotive was converted after privatisation it was not renumbered into the 968xxx series.

Number	Previous Number	Previous Class	Converted	Use	Withdrawn	Disposal
56201	56009	56	1994	Power unit transporter	1998	Stored
73126	E6033	73	1996	Static training locomotive	-	In use