A significant number of British Rail Class 47 locomotives have been preserved on heritage railways, the current total standing at 32 as of July 2024.[1] Five locomotives (47 270, 47 580, 47 712, 47 773 and 47 828) are mainline registered and as such may operate on Network Rail. Locomotives that do not currently carry their names are shown with the name in brackets.
Preserved examples
edit| Numbers carried (Current number in bold) |
Name | Livery | Location | Owner | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1500 | 47 401 | - | - | - | North Eastern | BR Blue | Midland Railway - Butterley | The 47401 Project[2] |
| D1501 | 47 402 | - | - | - | (Gateshead) | BR Green | Peak Rail | Waterman Heritage Trust[3] |
| D1516 | 47 417 | - | - | - | - | BR Green | Midland Railway - Butterley | The 47401 Project[2] |
| D1524 | 47 004 | - | - | - | (Old Oak Common) | BR Green | Embsay & Bolton Abbey Steam Railway | Newton Heath Diesel Traction Group |
| D1566 | 47 449 | - | - | - | (Orion) | BR Blue | Llangollen Railway | Llangollen Diesel Group[4] |
| D1606 | 47 029 | 47 635 | - | - | Jimmy Milne | BR Blue Large Logo | Epping Ongar Railway | Privately Owned |
| D1643 | 47 059 | 47 631 | 47 765 | - | (Ressaldar) | BR Scotrail Blue Stripe | East Lancashire Railway | Privately owned |
| D1654 | 47 070 | 47 620 | 47 835 | 47 799 | (Prince Henry) | Royal Train Maroon | Eden Valley Railway | Privately Owned |
| D1656 | 47 072 | 47 609 | 47 834 | 47 798 | Prince William | Royal Train Maroon | National Railway Museum | National Railway Museum[5] |
| D1661 | 47 077 | 47 613 | 47 840 | - | NORTH STAR | BR Blue | North Yorkshire Moors Railway | Diesel & Electric Preservation Group[6] |
| D1662 | 47 484 | - | - | - | (Isambard Kingdom Brunel) | GWR Green | Wishaw | Pioneer Diesel Group |
| 1693 | 47 105 | - | - | - | - | BR Blue | Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway | Brush Type 4 Fund[7] |
| 1705 (formerly Class 48) |
47 117 | - | - | - | Sparrowhawk | BR Blue | Great Central Railway | Type 1 Locomotive Company[8] |
| D1755 | 47 161 | 47 541 | 47 773 | - | (The Queen Mother) | BR Green | Tyseley Locomotive Works | Vintage Trains[9] |
| D1762 | 47 167 | 47 580 | 47 732 | - | County of Essex | BR Blue with Union Jack (Stratford grey roof) | Mid Norfolk Railway | Mid Norfolk Railway[10] |
| D1778 | 47 183 | 47 579 | 47 793 | - | James Nightall GC | BR Blue Large Logo | The Watercress Line | Privately Owned. |
| D1787 | 47 306 | - | - | - | (The Sapper) | Railfreight Distribution European | Bodmin & Wenford Railway | Bodmin & Wenford Main Line Diesel Group[11] |
| D1842 | 47 192 | - | - | - | "Basil" | BR Green | Crewe Heritage Centre | Crewe Heritage Trust Limited |
| D1855 | 47 205 | 47 395 | 47 205 | - | - | Railfreight Distribution triple grey | Northampton & Lamport Railway | Privately Owned |
| D1886 | 47 367 | - | - | - | - | BR Blue | Mid Norfolk Railway | Stratford 47 Group[12] |
| D1895 | 47 376 | - | - | - | Freightliner 1995 | Freightliner Grey | Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway | Brush Type 4 Fund [7] |
| D1909 | 47 232 | 47 665 | 47 820 | 47 785 | (Fiona Castle) | EWS | Wensleydale Railway | Privately Owned |
| D1921 | 47 244 | 47 640 | - | - | University of Strathclyde | BR Blue Large Logo | Battlefield Railway | Privately Owned |
| D1933 | 47 255 | 47 596 | - | - | Aldeburgh Festival | BR Green | Mid-Norfolk Railway | Mid-Norfolk Railway[10] |
| D1945 | 47 502 | 47 715 | - | - | (Haymarket) | Network SouthEast | Worksop | Harry Needle |
| D1946 | 47 503 | 47 771 | - | - | (Heaton Traincare Depot) | Rail Express Systems | Arlington Eastleigh Works | Class 47 Preservation Project[13] |
| D1948 | 47 505 | 47 712 | - | - | Lady Diana Spencer | BR Scotrail Blue Stripe | Crewe Diesel TMD | Crewe Diesel Preservation Group[14] |
| D1966 | 47 266 | 47 629 | 47 828 | - | (Joe Strummer) | BR Inter-City | Carnforth MPD | Owned by the D05 Preservation Company |
| D1970 | 47 269 | 47 643 | - | - | - | Intercity (ScotRail branding) | Bo'ness & Kinneil Railway | Owned by the Scottish Railway Preservation Society Diesel Group[15] |
| D1971 | 47 270 | - | - | - | Swift | BR Blue | Carnforth MPD | Privately Owned |
| D1994 | 47 292 | - | - | - | - | Variation on large logo blue | Churnet Valley Railway | Privately Owned |
See also
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Preserved British Rail Class 47s.
- ^ "Preserved locomotives". Class47.co.uk. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
- ^ a b 47401 Project Organisation homepage
- ^ "ELR Diesel Group - 47402/D1501 Gateshead". www.elrdiesel.info. Archived from the original on 26 October 2021. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
- ^ D1566 page Archived 14 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine Llangollen Diesel Group
- ^ NRM fleet list Archived 14 December 2009 at the Wayback Machine NRM website
- ^ 47840 page D&EPG website
- ^ a b Homepage Brush Type 4 Fund
- ^ D1705 page Archived 2 May 2006 at the Wayback Machine Type 1 Locomotive Company
- ^ 47773 page Archived 9 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine Vintage trains website
- ^ a b "The Mid-Norfolk Railway acquires Class 47 Locomotives from The Stratford 47 Group". The Mid-Norfolk Railway. Retrieved 15 November 2024.
- ^ Bodmin Diesels website Archived 30 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Homepage Stratford 47 Group Homepage
- ^ 47771 page[permanent dead link] Preserved Diesels website
- ^ "CDPG website". Archived from the original on 11 January 2016. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
- ^ 47643 page Archived 12 January 2008 at the Wayback Machine SRPS Diesel Group website