British Rail 15107

British Rail 15107 was a locomotive commissioned by the Great Western Railway, but delivered to British Railways after nationalisation. It was a diesel powered locomotive in the pre-TOPS period built by Brush Traction with a Petter 4-cylinder engine.

British Rail 15107
Type and origin Power type Diesel-electric Builder Brush Traction Build date 30 November 1949 Total produced 1
Specifications Configuration: ​  • Whyte 0-6-0 DE  • UIC C Gauge 4 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge Wheel diameter 4 ft 0 ^1⁄2 in (1.232 m) Loco weight 46.10 long tons (46.84 t; 51.63 short tons) Prime mover Petter SS4 Traction motors Brush, 2 off Cylinders 4 Transmission Electric MU working Not fitted Train heating None
Performance figures Maximum speed 20 mph (32 km/h) Power output Engine: 360 bhp (268 kW) Tractive effort 35,000 lbf (155.7 kN)
Career Operators British Railways Numbers 15107 Axle load class Route availability Retired 16 June 1958 Disposition Scrapped, Swindon Works

Its shed allocation in 1950 was Western Region, 82B, St Philips Marsh, Bristol. Number 15107 had a short life and never acquired a British Railways classification. It was withdrawn in June 1958 and broken up at Swindon Works.

See also

• British Rail Class D3/14
• GWR diesel shunters
• List of British Rail classes

Sources

• Brush Diesel & Electric Locomotive Works List, re-printed by the Industrial Railway Society in 1999
• Ian Allan ABC of British Railways Locomotives (various dates)
• "Western Region Allocations", pp. 38–39, published in 1953 by the Locomotive Club of Great Britain