British Rail Class D3/14

British Rail Class D3/14 was a diesel-electric locomotive built by the London and North Eastern Railway at its Doncaster Works.[1] It had a Petter engine, and Brush Traction electricals. It was absorbed by British Railways on nationalisation, but was withdrawn in the pre-TOPS era.

LNER DES2 British Rail Class D3/14
Type and origin Power type Diesel-electric Builder London and North Eastern Railway’s Doncaster Works Build date 1947 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 in (1.219 m) Loco weight 51.20 long tons (52.02 t; 57.34 short tons) Prime mover Petter SS4 Traction motors Brush Traction, 2 off MU working Not fitted Train heating None Train brakes Vacuum
Performance figures Power output Engine: 360 bhp (270 kW) Tractive effort 32,000 lbf (142.3 kN)
Career Operators London and North Eastern Railway, British Railways Class LNER: DES2; BR: DEJ2; later D3/14; later 3/2 Numbers LNER: (none); BR: 15004 Axle load class Route availability 5 Retired September 1962 Disposition Scrapped, Doncaster Works

Number 15004 was built as a prototype in 1947 and on nationalisation became part of the Eastern Region of British Railways fleet in 1949. Its shed allocation in 1950 was 31B, March. It was withdrawn in 1962.

See also

• British Rail 15107
• List of British Rail classes

Sources

1. http://www.brdatabase.info/locoqry.php?action=class&type=D&id=73

• Brush Diesel & Electric Locomotive Works List (reprint ed.). Industrial Railway Society. 1999.
• Ian Allan ABC of British Railways Locomotives (Winter 1962–3 ed.). p. 227.
• Strickland, David C. (1982). Locomotive Directory, every single one there has ever been. Camberley, Surrey: Diesel and Electric Group. p. 62. ISBN 978-0-906375-10-5.