Encyclopedia > British Rail Eastern Region departmental locomotives
In 1952, the Eastern Region of British Rail introduced its own series for departmental (non-revenue earning) vehicles, including locomotives. Numbers were allocated from 1 to 1000, with blocks of 100 numbers allocated to specific types of vehicle. This page only lists the locomotives (steam, diesel and electric), which took the number 1 to 100. This block was split as follows: 1952 (MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Logo of British Rail British Railways (BR), later rebranded as British Rail, ran the British railway system from the nationalisation of the Big Four British railway companies in 1948 until its privatisation in stages between 1994 and 1997. ...
A locomotive (from Latin loco motivus) is a railway vehicle that provides the motive power for a train, and has no payload capacity of its own; its sole purpose is to move the train along the tracks. ...
1-30 : Great Northern section (maintained at Doncaster) 31-50 : Great Eastern section (maintained at Stratford) 51-100: North Eastern section (maintained at Darlington) The Great Northern list later expanded to take numbers 31 and 32 from the Great Eastern list. Also included on this page is a former diesel locomotive that had been converted as a mobile power unit and numbered in the 9xx block used for miscellaneous vehicles. | Key: | In use | Withdrawn | Preserved | Renumbered | Returned to normal traffic | Scrapped | Great Northern section
| Number | Previous Number(s) | Previous Class | Converted | Use | Withdrawn | Disposal | | 1 | 68845 | J52 | 1952 | Steam shunter | 1958 | Scrapped (1958) | | 2 (1st) | 68816 | J52 | 1952 | Steam shunter | 1956 | Scrapped (1956) | | 2 (2nd) | 68858 | J52 | 1956 | Steam shunter | 1961 | Scrapped (1961) | | 3 | 68181 | Y3 | 1952 | Steam shunter | 1959 | Scrapped (1959) | | 4 | 68132 | Y1 | 1952 | Steam shunter | 1959 | Scrapped (1959) | | 5 | 68165 | Y3 | 1953 | Steam shunter | 1958 | Scrapped (1958) | | 6 | 68133 | Y1 | 1953 | Steam shunter | 1955 | Scrapped (1955) | | 7 | 68166 | Y3 | 1953 | Steam shunter | 1964 | Scrapped (1964) | | 8 | 68183 | Y3 | 1955 | Steam shunter | 1959 | Scrapped (1959) | | 9 | 68840 | J52 | 1958 | Steam shunter | 1961 | Scrapped (1961) | | 10 | 68911 | J50 | 1961 | Steam shunter | 1965 | Scrapped (1965) | | 11 | 68914 | J50 | 1961 | Steam shunter | 1965 | Scrapped (1965) | | 12 | 68917 | J50 | 1962 | Steam shunter | 1965 | Scrapped (1965) | | 13 | 68928 | J50 | 1962 | Steam shunter | 1965 | Scrapped (1965) | | 14 | 68961 | J50 | 1962 | Steam shunter | 1965 | Scrapped (1965) | | 15 | 68971 | J50 | 1962 | Steam shunter | 1965 | Scrapped (1965) | | 16 | 68976 | J50 | 1962 | Steam shunter | 1965 | Scrapped (1965) | | 17 | 61059 | B1 | 1963 | Stationary boiler for carriage warming | 1966 | Scrapped (1966) | | 18 | 61181 | B1 | 1963 | Stationary boiler for carriage warming | 1965 | Scrapped (1966) | | 19 | 61204 | B1 | 1963 | Stationary boiler for carriage warming | 1966 | Scrapped (1966) | | 20 | 61205 | B1 | 1963 | Stationary boiler for carriage warming | 1965 | Scrapped (1966) | | 21 (1st) | 68162 | Y3 | 1956 | Steam shunter | 1960 | Scrapped (1960) | | 21 (2nd) | 61233 | B1 | 1963 | Stationary boiler for carriage warming | 1966 | Scrapped (1966) | | 22 | 61252 | B1 | 1963 | Stationary boiler for carriage warming | 1964 | Scrapped (1966) | | 23 | 61300 | B1 | 1963 | Stationary boiler for carriage warming | 1965 | Scrapped (1966) | | 24 (1st) | 61323 | B1 | 1963 | Stationary boiler for carriage warming | 1963 | Scrapped (1964) | | 24 (2nd) | 61375 | B1 | 1963 | Stationary boiler for carriage warming | 1966 | Scrapped (1966) | | 25 | 61272 | B1 | 1965 | Stationary boiler for carriage warming | 1966 | Scrapped (1966) | | 26 | 61138 | B1 | 1965 | Stationary boiler for carriage warming | 1967 | Scrapped (1968) | | 27 | 61105 | B1 | 1965 | Stationary boiler for carriage warming | 1966 | Scrapped (1966) | | 28 | 61194 | B1 | 1965 | Stationary boiler for carriage warming | 1966 | Scrapped (1966) | | 29 | 61264 | B1 | 1965 | Stationary boiler for carriage warming | 1967 | Preserved | | 30 | 61050 | B1 | 1966 | Stationary boiler for carriage warming | 1968 | Scrapped (1968) | | 31 (2nd) | 61051 | B1 | 1966 | Stationary boiler for carriage warming | 1966 | Scrapped (1966) | | 32 (2nd) | 61315 | B1 | 1966 | Stationary boiler for carriage warming | 1968 | Scrapped (1968) | Great Eastern section | Number | Previous Number(s) | Previous Class | Converted | Use | Withdrawn | Disposal | | 31 (1st) | 68383 | J66 | 1952 | Steam shunter | 1959 | Scrapped (1959) | | 32 (1st) | 68370 | J66 | 1952 | Steam shunter | 1962 | Scrapped (1962) | | 33 | 68129 | Y4 | 1952 | Steam shunter | 1963 | Scrapped (1964) | | 34 | 68088 | Y7 | 1952 | Steam shunter | 1952 | Preserved | | 35 | 68668 | J92 | 1952 | Steam crane tank | 1952 | Scrapped (1952) | | 36 | 68378 | J66 | 1952 | Steam shunter | 1959 | Scrapped (1959) | | 37 | 68130 | Y1 | 1953 | Steam shunter | 1956 | Scrapped (1956) | | 38 | 68168 | Y3 | 1953 | Steam shunter | 1959 | Scrapped (1959) | | 39 | 68131 | Y1 | 1953 | Steam shunter | 1963 | Scrapped (1963) | | 40 | 68173 | Y3 | 1953 | Steam shunter | 1964 | Scrapped (1964) | | 41 | 68177 | Y3 | 1953 | Steam shunter | 1963 | Scrapped (1963) | | 42 | 68178 | Y3 | 1953 | Steam shunter | 1960 | Scrapped (1960) | | 43 | 68532 | J69 | 1959 | Steam shunter | 1959 | Scrapped (1959) | | 44 | 68498 | J69 | 1959 | Steam shunter | 1962 | Scrapped (1962) | | 45 | 68543 | J69 | 1959 | Steam shunter | 1962 | Scrapped (1962) | North Eastern section | Number | Previous Number(s) | Previous Class | Converted | Use | Withdrawn | Disposal | | 51 | 68136 | Y1 | 1952 | Steam shunter | 1956 | Scrapped (1956) | | 52 | 11104 | - | 1953 | Diesel shunter, West Hartlepool | 1967 | Scrapped (1967) | | 53 | 68152 | Y1 | 1954 | Steam shunter | 1959 | Scrapped (1959) | | 54 | 68153 | Y1 | 1954 | Steam shunter | 1961 | Preserved | | 55 | 68091 | Y8 | 1954 | Steam shunter | 1956 | Scrapped (1956) | | 56 | - | - | New (1955) | Diesel shunter, Hull | 1970 | Scrapped (1980) | | 57 | 68160 | Y3 | 1956 | Steam shunter | 1961 | Scrapped (1961) | | 58 | 69005 | J72 | 1964 | Steam shunter | 1967 | Scrapped (1968) | | 59 | 69023 | J72 | 1964 | Steam shunter | 1966 | Preserved | | 81 | - | 01 | New (1958) | Diesel shunter, Peterborough | 1967 | Transferred capital stock - D2956 | | 82 | - | - | New (1958) | Diesel shunters | 1970 | Scrapped (1980) | | 83 | - | - | New (1958) | Diesel shunters | 1970 | Scrapped (1970) | | 84 | - | - | New (1958) | Diesel shunters | 1970 | Scrapped (1970) | | 85 | - | - | New (1961) | Diesel shunters | 1970 | Scrapped (1970) | | 86 | - | - | New (1961) | Diesel shunters | 1970 | Scrapped (1970) | | 87 | - | - | New (1961) | Diesel shunters | 1970 | Scrapped (1970) | | 88 | D2612 | 05 | 1961 | Diesel shunter | 1967 | Scrapped (1967) | | 89 | D2615 | 05 | 1964 | Diesel shunter | 1967 | Returned to capital stock | | 91 | - | 03 | New (1958) | Diesel shunters, Chesterton | 1967 | Transferred to capital stock - D2370 | | 92 | - | 03 | New (1958) | Diesel shunters, Chesterton | 1967 | Transferred to capital stock - D2371 | | 100 | 26510 | EB1 | 1959 | Electric shunting locomotive, Ilford depot | 1963 | Scrapped (1964) | British Rails Class 11104 locomotive was built by Hibberd and introduced by British Rail in 1959. ...
British Rails Class 01 diesel locomotives were a short wheelbase 0-4-0 design for limited clearance operations. ...
Built for use on the Eastern & Scottish Region. ...
Built for use on the Eastern & Scottish Region. ...
The British Rail Class 03 locomotive is, together with Class 04, one of BRs most successful smaller 0-6-0 diesel-mechanical shunters. ...
The British Rail Class 03 locomotive is, together with Class 04, one of BRs most successful smaller 0-6-0 diesel-mechanical shunters. ...
British Rail Class EB1 was an electrically powered locomotive commissioned by British Rail in England. ...
Miscellaneous stock | Number | Previous Number(s) | Previous Class | Converted | Use | Withdrawn | Disposal | | 953 | 7055 / MPU2 | Ex-LMS | 1952 | Mobile power generating unit | 1964 | Scrapped (1964) | The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) pioneered the use of diesel shunting locomotives in Great Britain. ...
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