D0226 and D0227 were two prototype diesel shunting locomotives built in 1956 by English Electric at its Vulcan Foundry in Newton-le-Willows to demonstrate its wares to British Railways. They originally carried numbers D226 and D227, which were their work's numbers, but these were later amended to avoid clashing with the numbers of new Class 40 locomotives. Jump to: navigation, search 1956 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... English Electric was a 20th century British industrial manufacturer with a base in electric motors that expanded to include railway locomotives and aviation before eventual inclusion as part of GEC. // History The English Electric Company was formed in 1918 and, during that year and 1919, acquired control of Dick, Kerr... 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. ... Jump to: navigation, search D202 at Liverpool Street in green livery, 1963. ...
They were both of 0-6-0 wheel arrangement and were fitted with English Electric 6RKT engines of 500hp. They were painted black with an orange stripe along the middle of the bodyside, which turned into a 'V' at the nose end. The major difference between the two locomotives was that D0226 had diesel-electric transmission, while D0227 had diesel-hydraulic transmission. 0-6-0 is also the emergency telephone number in Mexico, similar to the United Statess 9-1-1. ... A selection of early 20th century locomotive types according to their Whyte notation and their comparative size The Whyte notation for classifying steam locomotives by wheel arrangement was devised by Frederick Methvan Whyte and came into use in the early 20th century. ...
BR tested both locomotives at its Stratford depot (East London). D0226 has been preserved at the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway, but D0227 was scrapped. Ivatt 2MT 2-6-2T 41241 at Haworth station The Keighley and Worth Valley Railway is a five-mile (eight-km) long heritage railway line in West Yorkshire, England, that runs from Keighley to Oxenhope. ...
D0226 and D0227 were two prototype diesel shunting locomotives built in 1956 by English Electric at its Vulcan Foundry in Newton-le-Willows to demonstrate its wares to BritishRailways.
The major difference between the two locomotives was that D0226 had diesel-electric transmission and D0227 had diesel-hydraulic transmission.
D0226has been preserved at the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway, but D0227 was scrapped.
Returning to BritishRailways in 1963, Falcon spent six months working out of Sheffield on both passenger and freight diagrams, after which its testing was completed.
From 1965 onward the locomotive, still owned by Brush, was under contract with BritishRailways so that operation and repair would be handled by them, with only major repairs being handed back to the builder.
In 1970, British Rail approached Brush Traction with a proposal to buy the (by now practically worthless) locomotive for its scrap value, which was accepted by the builder; the loco underwent a rebuild at BREL Swindon, emerging in corporate Rail Blue with full yellow ends and bearing the new number D1200.
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