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British Rail Class 04

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{{Short description|Class of shunting locomotives}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2017}}
{{Use British English|date=January 2017}}
{{More citations needed|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox locomotive
|name = British Rail Class 04
|powertype = Diesel-mechanical
|image = File:Buckfastleigh - D2246 (crop).jpg
|caption = Preserved Class 04 D2246 at Buckfastleigh on South Devon Railway in February 2013.
|fleetnumbers = D2200–D2341
|builder = [[Drewry Car Co.]], at [[Vulcan Foundry]] and [[Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns]]
|builddate = 1948 (D2341); 1952–1962 (D2200-2340)
|totalproduction = 142 (for [[British Rail|BR]]) + 2 (for [[CEGB]])
|gauge = {{Track gauge|ussg|allk=on}}
|primemover = [[L Gardner and Sons Ltd|Gardner]] 8L3
|transmission = [[Wilson-Drewry]] 5 speed [[epicyclic gearbox]]
|whytetype = {{whyte|0-6-0|DM}}
|uicclass = C
|wheeldiameter = ''D2200–D2214:'' {{convert|3|ft|3|in|m|3|abbr=on}} ''D2215–D2273:'' {{convert|3|ft|6|in|m|3|abbr=on}} ''D2274–D2339:'' {{convert|3|ft|7|in|m|3|abbr=on}}
|minimumcurve = {{convert|2|chain|ft m|lk=on}}
|trainbrakes = [[Vacuum brake|Vacuum]]
|locobrakeforce = {{convert|14|LTf|kN|1|sigfig=3|abbr=on}}
|wheelbase = {{convert|9|ft|0|in|m|2|abbr=on}}
|length = {{convert|26|ft|0+1/2|in|m|2|abbr=on}}
|width = {{convert|8|ft|6|in|m|2|abbr=on}}
|height = {{convert|12|ft|1+1/2|in|m|abbr=on}}
|locoweight = {{convert|30.2|LT|t ST|sigfig=3}} to {{convert|32|LT|t ST|sigfig=3}}
|maxspeed = {{convert|25|mph|km/h|abbr=on}} to {{convert|27|mph|km/h|abbr=on}}
|poweroutput = ''Engine:'' {{convert|204|hp|0|abbr=on|lk=in}} ''At rail:'' {{convert|152|hp|0|abbr=on}}
|tractiveeffort = ''Maximum:'' {{convert|15650|lbf|kN|1|abbr=on|lk=on}} to {{convert|16850|lbf|kN|1|abbr=on}}
|fuelcap = {{convert|225|impgal|abbr=on}} to {{convert|300|impgal|abbr=on}}
|trainheating = None
|multipleworking =
|axleloadclass = ''D2200–D2214:'' [[Route availability|RA 1]] ''D2215–D2340:'' RA 2
|operator = [[British Railways]]
|withdrawndate = 1967–1971
|disposition = 20 (19 BR + 1 CEGB) preserved, remainder [[scrap]]ped
}}
The '''British Rail Class 04''' is a [[0-6-0]] [[diesel-mechanical]] [[shunter|shunting]] [[locomotive]] class, built between 1952<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.brdatabase.info/locoqry.php?action=class&type=D&id=4 |title=04 0-6-0 |publisher=Brdatabase.info |date= |accessdate=2022-08-04}}</ref> and 1962 and was the basis for the later [[British Rail Class 03|Class 03]] built in the [[British Railways]] workshops.

==History==
The [[prototype]] locomotive was built in 1947 and served as a [[SR departmental locomotives|departmental shunter]] at [[Hither Green]] depot as number DS1173, before being transferred to the capital stock list as D2341 in 1967.

The Class 04 locomotives were supplied by the [[Drewry Car Co.]], which at the time (and for most of its existence) had no manufacturing capability. Drewry sub-contracted the construction work to two builders both of whom built other locomotives under the same arrangement. Early locomotives which became D2200-41 (including DS1173) were built by [[Vulcan Foundry]] in 1952–56, and later examples D2242-2339 were built by [[Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns]] in 1956–61.

=== Design evolution ===
A clear line of development can be seen in the Class 04 from the 0-4-0DM locomotives built by [[Andrew Barclay Sons & Co.|Andrew Barclay]] and Drewry/Vulcan Foundry in the early 1940s. Similar 0-6-0DM locomotives had been built before the first Class 04, and others were built for industrial use.

The design continued to develop during the construction period, although this was generally confined to minor changes, including the diameter of the wheels.

The first batch (four engines numbered 11100-11103, later D2200-D2203) were equipped for street-running (see below).

The second batch (six engines numbered 11105-11110, later D2204-D2209) were fitted with conical exhaust stacks (the first batch initially had a plain exhaust "hole", later having a long, thin, and straight exhaust pipe added) and shaped cab front windows (instead of the rectangular windows of the first batch); these changes continued on all subsequent batches.

From the fourth batch (commencing with 11121, later D2215) the small cab side window of the earlier batches was replaced with a much larger window, the rear half of which slid open. The wheel diameter was also increased from 3 ft 3 in to 3 ft 6 in.

From locomotive D2274 onwards, the wheel diameter was again increased, from 3 ft 6 in to 3 ft 7 in. The front running plate was cut out and the steps inset to provide a safer location for a shunter riding on the locomotive; to facilitate this, the locomotive straight air brake reservoir tank was relocated underneath the centre of the running plate. This is the version depicted by the Airfix/Dapol plastic kit.

===Use on tramways===
The first four of these locomotives (11100-11103, later D2200-D2203) were fitted with side skirting and [[cowcatcher]]s for use on the [[Wisbech and Upwell Tramway]] and on the Yarmouth Docks tramway system, since British law requires locomotives running on unfenced street trackage to be so equipped for the protection of pedestrians and animals. At least two later engines (11111/D2210 and 11113/D2212) were also fitted with cowcatchers and skirting for use on the [[Ipswich dock]]s tramway system.

===Usage===
The class was distributed throughout the [[British Railways]] system, but the significant decline in the traffic for which they were designed resulted in a large surplus of shunting engines on the network. With this reduction in the need for shunters it was decided to standardise on the Class 03 as a light diesel-mechanical shunter and the [[British Rail Class 08|Class 08]] and [[British Rail Class 09|09]] as larger, [[Diesel-electric transmission|diesel-electric]] shunters, leading to the withdrawal of the class 04 engines.

==Technical details==
===Overview===
Mechanically they were identical to the Class 03, with the same 24 litre [[L Gardner and Sons Ltd|Gardner]] engine, 5-speed [[Epicyclic gearing|epicyclic gearbox]] and the same overall layout. They had a straight bonnet (US: hood) from the front to the rear-mounted cab, unlike the 03s which bulged higher towards the rear (over the larger fuel tank), and the cab's rounded roof met the sides at an angle instead of with a curve as in the 03, with a lip all the way round. The internal cab layout was almost symmetrical to allow the driver to work from either side as required.

===Drive Train===
The engine is a Gardner 8-cyl, 4-stroke 8L3 developing {{convert|204|hp|abbr=on}} at 1200 rpm, connected to a [[Wilson-Drewry]] CA5 R7, 5-speed epicyclic with RF11 spiral bevel reverse and final drive unit mounted on a [[jackshaft]]. The drive to the wheels was by [[coupling rod]]s from the jackshaft.

==Numbers==
[[File:Hither Green Depot geograph-2396895-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg|thumb|11226 at Hither Green Depot in March 1960.]]
The prototype (of 1947) was numbered DS1173 in departmental service. The first 60 production units (from 1952) were numbered in the sequences 11100–11103, 11105–11115, 11121–11135, 11149–11160, and 11212–11229.<ref name=brdatabase>{{cite web |url = https://www.brdatabase.info/locoqry.php?action=class&id=4&type=D&page=fleet |title = 04 0-6-0 |publisher = BR Database |access-date = 19 February 2020 }}</ref>

From 1957, new production units received numbers in the D-prefix ("Pre-TOPS") numbering series. All existing units were renumbered in the same series, sequentially from D2200 to D2259, with the new production units continuing from D2260 to D2340.<ref name= brdatabase/> Finally, the prototype locomotive left departmental service and entered the service fleet, being re-numbered as D2341; thus the oldest example of the class was allocated the last number in the numbering sequence.<ref name= brdatabase/>

==Withdrawal==
The Class 04s were withdrawn from service earlier than the Class 03, being taken out of service between June 1967 and May 1972, with some sold for re-use by industry. Four were exported to [[Italy]] about 1972, with D2289 reported as still in service until 2012.
{| class=wikitable style=text-align:center
|+ Table of withdrawals {{sfn|Strickland|1983|pp=36–37}}
! Year !! Quantity in service at start of year !! Quantity withdrawn !! Locomotive numbers
|-
| 1967 || 142 || 13 || align=left | D2203/07/54/63/66/73/75/88/90–92, D2303/39.
|-
| 1968 || 129 || 74 || align=left | D2200–02/08–09/13–14/18–22/24/26–28/30/32–36/38/40/45–46, D2250–52/55–57/59/62/68–70/81/86–87/98, D2301/04–09/11–16/18–29/31/34–38/40–41.
|-
| 1969 || 55 || 28 || align=left | D2204–06/15/25/29/31/37/42–43/47/53/64/67/71/74/76–77/83/85/96, D2300/02/10/17/30/32–33.
|-
| 1970 || 27 || 15 || align=left | D2210–12/44/48–49/58/60–61/65/72/78/82/97/99.
|-
| 1971 || 12 || 12 || align=left | D2216–17/23/39/41/79–80/84/89/93–95.
|-
| 1972 || 0 || 0 || align=left | D2217 (reinstated and withdrawn).
|}

== Preservation ==
21 examples of the class were preserved. Of these, 20 were BR Class 04 locomotives, and 1 was of the same type, but operated privately by the [[CEGB]]. One preserved engine, D2267, was scrapped in 2003, leaving 20 in preservation, including 19 originally operated by British Rail.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Number
!Image
!Built
!Original allocation
!Current owner
!Current location
!Status
!Notes
|-
|D2203
|[[File:Drewry 11103 at Mangapps 26-08-2024.jpg|129x129px]]
|19/07/1952
|
|
|[[Mangapps Railway Museum]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mangapps.co.uk/news.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930032825/http://www.mangapps.co.uk/news.html|url-status=dead|title=Mangapps Railway Museum Latest News Page|archivedate=30 September 2011|website=www.mangapps.co.uk}}</ref>
|Operational
|The only surviving locomotive from the [[Wisbech and Upwell Tramway]]. Saw further use at Hemel Hempstead Lightweight Concrete Ltd.<ref name=":0" />
|-
|D2205
|[[File:Williton North Yard D2205.jpg|120px]]
|14/03/1953
|Thornaby
|[[Heritage Shunters Trust]]
|{{rws|Rowsley South}}, [[Peak Rail]]
|Undergoing restoration
|Allocated to [[Middlesbrough Dock]] and sold to the Port Authority in 1969. Preserved at [[Kent and East Sussex Railway]], then [[West Somerset Railway]]. Sold to the [[Heritage Shunters Trust]] in October 2012.
|-
|D2207
|[[File:Class 04 D2207.jpg|120x120px]]
|14/02/1953
|
|[[North Yorkshire Moors Railway]]
|[[North Yorkshire Moors Railway]]
|Operational
|Full overhaul completed 2018. BR Green with Wasp Stripes. Usually based at Pickering C&W.
|-
|D2229
|[[File:D2229 NCB No 5 at Manton Wood Colliery 3.jpg|120px]]
|28/11/1955
|
|[[Heritage Shunters Trust]]
|{{rws|Rowsley South}}, [[Peak Rail]]
|Stored, out of use
|After sale by BR, operated by the [[National Coal Board]] at [[Manton Wood Colliery]], [[Worksop]].<ref name=":0" />
|-
|D2245
|[[File:Derwent Valley Light Railway 08.jpg|120x120px]]
|12/11/1956
|Leeds Neville Hill
|Private
|[[Derwent Valley Light Railway]] (York)
|Operational
|Previously owned by the [[Derwent Valley Light Railway]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dvlr.org.uk/Centenary%20Gala.htm|title=Derwent Valley Light Railway Centenary Gala|date=20 January 2013|access-date=2 March 2013|archive-date=8 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130508193247/http://www.dvlr.org.uk/Centenary%20Gala.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
|D2246
|[[File:Class 04 D2246 Buckfastleigh 12-07-19.jpg|120x120px]]
|06/12/1956
|
|Devon Diesel Society
|[[South Devon Railway (heritage railway)|South Devon Railway]]
|Operational
|Saw further use at P.D. Fules Ltd., Crawley Coal Concentration Depot.<ref name=":0" />
|- style="background:#fee7e6;"
|D2267
|
|20/01/1958
|
|
|[[North Norfolk Railway]]
|Scrapped
|Saw further use at [[Ford Motor Company|Ford Motor Co. Ltd., Dagenam.]]<ref name=":0" /> Previously preserved, but scrapped at NNR around April 2003.
|-
|D2271
|[[File:Minehead D2271.jpg|120px]]
|14/03/1958
|
|[[South Devon Railway (heritage railway)|South Devon Railway]]
|South Devon Railway
|
|
|-
|D2272
|[[File:British Rail Class 04 D2272 - October 2014.jpg|120x120px]]
|28/03/1958
|
|Heritage Shunters Trust
|[[Peak Rail]]
|Stored, out of use
|Saw further use at British Fuel Co., Blackburn Coal Concentration Depot.<ref name=":0" />
|-
|D2279
|[[File:D2279 Drewry Class 04 0-6-0DM Chappel 101222 A.jpg|120px]]
|15/02/1960
|
|[[East Anglian Railway Museum]]
|[[East Anglian Railway Museum]]
|Operational
|Painted in BR Green with wasp stripes. Used regularly for shunting and on occasional passenger trains.
|-
|D2280
|[[File:Class 04 D2280 Toddington Gloucestershire and Warwickshire Railway 07-11-2021.jpg|120x120px]]
|1960
|
|[[Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway]]
|Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway
|Undergoing overhaul
|Saw further use at [[Ford Motor Company|Ford Motor Co. Ltd., Dagenham.]]<ref name=":0" /> After many years stored out of use at the North Norfolk Railway, it moved to the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway and in 2019 was nearing end of overhaul at Toddington diesel depot.
|-
|D2284
|
|25/03/1960
|
|Heritage Shunters Trust
|Peak Rail
|Stored, out of use
|Saw further use at NCB Woolley Colliery<ref name=":0" />
|-
|D2289
|
|00/00/1960
|
|
|[[Heritage Shunters Trust]]
|Undergoing overhaul
|
|-
|D2298
|[[File:D2298 at the Buckinghamshire Railway Centre 1.jpg|120px]]
|11/10/1960
|
|
|[[Buckinghamshire Railway Centre]]
|Undergoing overhaul
|
|-
|D2302
|[[File:Hugh llewelyn D2302 (5624508324).jpg|120px]]
|31/10/1960
|
|
|D2578 Locomotive Group, Moreton Business Park
|
|Saw further use at [[British Sugar]], Allscott Factory.
|-
|D2310
|[[File:04110 - Battlefield Line (9638774298).jpg|120px]]
|22/12/1960
|
|
|[[Battlefield Line]]
|Operational
|Saw further use at Coal Mechanisation (Tolworth) Ltd., Tolworth Coal Concentration Depot<ref name=":0" />
|-
|D2324
|[[File:Hugh llewelyn D2324 (5588627081).jpg|120px]]
|26/04/1961
|
|
|Barrow Hill Roundhouse
|
|Saw further use at the Southern Depot Co., [[National Coal Board|NCB]] Coal Concentration Depot at Aylesbury.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=Industrial Locomotives 1982 including preserved and minor railway locomotives|publisher=Industrial Railway Society|year=1982|isbn=0-901096-43-1}}</ref>
|-
|D2325
|[[File:Mangapps Railway Museum 27-08-2011 (6086359249).jpg|120px]]
|29/04/1961
|
|
|[[Mangapps Railway Museum]]
|Operational
|
|-
|D2334
|[[File:D2334 Dereham - MNR April 2017.jpg|120x120px]]
|25/07/1961
|[[Heaton TMD|Heaton]]
|Private
|[[Mid-Norfolk Railway]]
|Undergoing overhaul
|Built by RS&H, at [[Darlington Works]] in 1961; allocated to Heaton from 25 July 1961; Percy Main (North Shields) from 8 June 1963; [[Gateshead TMD|Gateshead]] from 30 January 1965; [[Darlington Works|Darlington]] from 24 February 1968. Sold to [[National Coal Board]] 1968 for [[Manvers Main Colliery]], then [[Wath Main Colliery|Wath]], then [[Thurcroft Colliery|Thurcroft]], and finally [[Maltby Main Colliery|Maltby]]. Sold for preservation in 1985.
|-
|D2337
|[[File:British Rail Class 04 D2337 - October 2014.jpg|160x160px]]
|30/08/1961
|
|Heritage Shunters Trust
|Peak Rail
|Stored, out of use
|Saw further use at NCB Manvers Coal Preparation Plant & Colliery, where it gained the name "DOROTHY".<ref name=":0" />
|-
|''2574 (works number)''
|[[File:Drewry Class 04 Diesel Locomotive (38630207344).jpg|120px]]
|10/12/1957
|
|Private
|[[Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway]]
|Operational
|Never a BR loco, but the second of two built by RS&H after 11212 (DC/RSH 2572/7858, later D2242) and before 11213 (DC/RSH 2575/7862, later D2243), for industrial use at [[Willington Power Station]]. It is actually DC/RSH 2574/7860, but has been painted to impersonate D2260 (old style number 11230). The original D2260 was scrapped in 1983.
|}

==Related engines==

===British industrial units===
A number of almost identical industrial locomotives were supplied to various private companies in the United Kingdom. One example (works number 2252) supplied to Adams Newport in 1948 is preserved at the [[Mangapps Railway Museum]] where it has been modified to recreate a [[Wisbech and Upwell Tramway]] Class 04, using the number 11104, which was not used in the actual class 04 numbering sequence.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.mangapps.co.uk/stock.html |title = Stock List – Locomotives |publisher = Mangapps Railway Museum |access-date = 24 February 2020 }}</ref>

===Export engines===
The Class 04 design was the basis of some related narrow gauge industrial engines built for export overseas. An example of this was the ''[[Tasmanian Government Railways V class]]'' which ran on [[3 ft 6 in gauge railways|3 ft 6 in gauge]], necessitating an outside frame design, which was the main visible difference. Western Australia also had a similar engine used by the power authority at the time also on 3 ft 6 in gauge.

==Models==
[[Airfix]] produced a plastic (static) [[OO gauge]] kit in the 1960s; this is still available in the [[Dapol]] range as kit number C60.

[[Bachmann Industries|Bachmann]] produced an example in N and OO gauge. The [[British N gauge]] Bachmann model was introduced in 2007.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Bachmann 'N' gauge Class 04 shunter|magazine=Hornby Magazine|first=Mike|last=Wild|page=81|issue=4|date=October 2007|location=Hersham|publisher=Ian Allan Publishing|issn=1753-2469|oclc=226087101}}</ref> An [[HO gauge]] model was made to be used as the ''[[Thomas & Friends]]'' character Mavis.

In [[O gauge]], Vulcan produced a kit and Bachmann produced ready-to-run models.

In 2008, Bachmann Brassworks released [[Gauge 1]] versions of the Class 04 in BR green and BR blue.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=...and Gauge 1 '04' from Brassworks|magazine=Hornby Magazine|page=19|issue=13|date=July 2008|location=Hersham|publisher=Ian Allan Publishing|issn=1753-2469|oclc=226087101}}</ref>

==Footnotes==
{{Reflist}}

==References==
* {{Strickland Locomotive Directory}}

==External links==
{{commons category|British Rail Class 04}}
* {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20110516230934/http://www.therailwaycentre.com/Pages%20Loco/Recognition%20loco/Illus_04.html Photos at TheRailwayCentre.com]}}

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British Rail Class 05

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{{short description|Class of 69 204hp diesel-mechanical shunting locomotives}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2017}}
{{Use British English|date=January 2017}}
{{more citations needed|date=December 2024}}
{{Infobox Locomotive
| name = British Rail Class 05
| powertype = Diesel-mechanical
| image = File:Goole Station, with Diesel-hauled goods trip geograph-2398252-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg
| caption = D2599 at Goole with a short freight train in April 1961.
| fleetnumbers = 11136-11143; 11161-11176 later D2550-D2557, D2558-D2573 (renumbered), D2574-D2618; D2554 later 05001, then 97803
| numinclass = 69
| builder = [[Hunslet Engine Co.]]
| serialnumber =
| builddate = 1955–1961
| gauge = {{RailGauge|ussg}}
| primemover = [[L Gardner and Sons Ltd|Gardner]] 8L3
| enginetype = [[Four-stroke diesel engine|Four-stroke diesel]]
| transmission = Hunslet 4-speed [[Transmission (mechanics)|gearbox]], Hunslet [[patent]] [[Clutch|friction clutch]], Hunslet reversing gearbox and final drive.
| whytetype = [[0-6-0]]
| uicclass = C
| wheeldiameter = {{convert|3|ft|4|in|m|3|abbr=on}}
| minimumcurve = {{convert|2|chain|m|2|lk=on}}
| trainbrakes = [[Vacuum brake|Vacuum]]
| locobrakeforce = {{convert|14|LTf|kN|sigfig=3|abbr=on|lk=in}}
| wheelbase = {{convert|9|ft|0|in|m|3|abbr=on}}
| length = {{convert|25|ft|4|in|m|2|abbr=on}}
| width = {{convert|8|ft|3|in|m|3|abbr=on}}
| height = {{convert|11|ft|0|in|m|3|abbr=on}}
| locoweight = D2550-D2573 {{convert|31|t}} other locos {{convert|32|t}}
| maxspeed = {{convert|18|mph|km/h|abbr=on}}
| poweroutput = ''Engine:'' {{convert|204|hp|abbr=on}}
| tractiveeffort = ''Maximum:'' {{convert|14500|lbf|kN|abbr=on|lk=on}}
| fuelcap = {{convert|300|impgal|abbr=on}}
| trainheating = None
| multipleworking =
| axleloadclass = [[Route availability|RA]] 2
| operator = [[British Railways]]
| retiredate = 1966–1968 (except D2554), 1985
| disposition = Four preserved, remainder scrapped
| totalproduction = 69
}}
The '''British Rail Class 05''' is a class of [[0-6-0]] [[Diesel locomotive|diesel-mechanical]] [[Switcher|shunters]] built by [[Hunslet Engine Company]] from 1955 to 1961. They were used on the [[Eastern Region of British Railways|Eastern]] and [[Scottish Region of British Railways|Scottish]] Regions of British Railways. The first two batches were delivered as 11136-11143 (later renumbered D2550-D2557) and 11161-11176 (later renumbered D2558-D2573). Subsequent locomotives were delivered, new, as D2574-D2618.

The [[British Rail Class D2/5]] built by [[Andrew Barclay Sons & Co.]] were reported in several sources as having received the [[TOPS]] class number 05,{{sfn|Strickland|1983|pp=40, 41, 173}}{{sfn|Haresnape|1984|p=50}}{{sfn|Marsden|1984|p=99}} though this was in error, and they are not listed as such in the latest works by Marsden, 2011.{{sfn|Marsden|2011a|pp=54-55}}{{sfn|Marsden|2011b|pp=90-92}}

==Overview==
{{more citations needed section|date=January 2025}}
Most were withdrawn early (due to a surplus of shunting locomotives, resulting from the [[Beeching cuts|network cuts]] of the 1960s) and replaced by classes [[British Rail Class 03|03]] and [[British Rail Class 04|04]], with the exception of D2554, which was transferred to the [[Isle of Wight]], in 1966, to aid the electrification of the [[Island Line, Isle of Wight|Island Line]]. Owing to its apparent suitability for working on the island, it was retained in working order and given the [[TOPS]] number 05001. It was transferred to departmental stock in 1981, being given the number 97803,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.railuk.info/diesel/getloco.php?item=%2097803|title = Rail UK Diesel/Electric Locomotive Information}}</ref> and remained in service until 1985, when it was withdrawn and sold to the [[Isle of Wight Steam Railway]].

[[Didcot Railway Centre]] has a similar-looking industrial example numbered DL26, but it is not a BR class 05. It is one of a batch of four built by Hunslet in 1958 with a 264 hp National Gas engine and a higher bonnet line. DL26 and its sister DL25 worked in the NCB East Midlands area at Pleasley Pit, from where it was acquired for preservation. It is currently painted in original green livery but with an early BR emblem on the cab sides. It was the main shunter on the site until the arrival of a [[British Rail Class 08|Class 08]], and it still sees occasional use for shunting. It cannot be used on passenger trains due to its lack of vacuum brakes. The Isle of Wight Steam Railway's own 05 001/D2554 can be seen frequently but it cannot run passenger trains, due to the Island's unique vintage [[Air brake (rail)|air braked]] [[rolling stock]].

==Technical details==
The engine is a [[L Gardner and Sons Ltd|Gardner]] 8-cylinder, 4 stroke 8L3 of 204 hp (152 kW) connected to a Hunslet 4-speed [[Transmission (mechanics)|gearbox]] through a Hunslet [[patent]] [[Clutch|friction clutch]]. Final drive is via a Hunslet reversing gearbox and [[jackshaft]].{{sfn|Ian Allan|1968|p=70}}

== Preservation ==

[[image:Hugh llewelyn D2587 (7124609553).jpg|thumb|right|D2587 as preserved at Barrow Hill Roundhouse in April 2012.]]
Four class 05 locomotives have been preserved:
* D2554 "Nuclear Fred" at [[Isle of Wight Steam Railway]]. This engine has, at various times, carried the numbers 11140, 05001 and 97803
* D2578 "Cider Queen", privately preserved by the D2578 Locomotive Group at Moreton Business Park, Herefordshire.
* D2587 by [[Heritage Shunters Trust]]
* D2595 at [[Ribble Steam Railway]]

== Models ==
Class 05 is being made as a ready-to-run model in OO gauge by Silver Fox Models,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://silverfoxmodels.co.uk/class-05-0-6-0-hunslet-shunter/ |title=British Rail Class 05 Hunslet Shunter |date=11 November 2017 |access-date=25 May 2018 }}</ref> 4mm OO gauge by Heljan (August 2015) and in 7mm O gauge in September 2017.

== References ==
{{reflist}}

==Sources==
* {{cite book |last=Haresnape |first=Brian |title=British Rail Fleet Survey 7: Diesel Shunters |date=October 1984 |publisher=[[Ian Allan Publishing|Ian Allan]] |location=Shepperton |isbn=0-7110-1449-3 |id=GE/1084 }}
* {{cite book | last = Marsden | first = Colin J. | title = Motive power recognition:1 Locomotives | publisher = Ian Allan Ltd | year = 1981 | location = Shepperton | isbn = 0-7110-1109-5}}
* {{cite book |last=Marsden |first=Colin J. |title=BR Locomotive Numbering |date=November 1984 |publisher=[[Ian Allan Publishing|Ian Allan]] |location=Shepperton |isbn=0-7110-1445-0 |id=EX/1184 }}
* {{cite book |last=Strickland |first=D.C. |title=D+EG Locomotive Directory |date=March 1983 |publisher=Diesel & Electric Group |location=Camberley |isbn=0-906375-10-X }}
* {{cite book |last=Marsden |first=Colin J. |title=Diesel and Electric Locomotive Recognition Guide |date=October 2011a |publisher=[[Ian Allan Publishing|Ian Allan]] |location=Shepperton |isbn=978-0-7110-3637-6 }}
* {{cite book |last=Marsden |first=Colin J. |title=The Complete UK Modern Traction Locomotive Directory |date=November 2011b |publisher=TheRailwayCentre.com |isbn=978-0-9557887-8-9 }}
* {{cite book |title=British Rail Locomotives and other motive power: Combined volume |year=1968 |publisher=[[Ian Allan Publishing|Ian Allan]] |location=London |isbn=0-7110-0008-5 |ref={{sfnref|Ian Allan|1968}} }}

==Further reading==
* {{cite book|url=http://www.barrowmoremrg.co.uk/BRBDocuments/Locos/Book_No_120_web.pdf|title=Vehicle Diagram Book No. 120 for Shunting Diesel Locomotives|via=Barrowmore MRG|publisher=British Railways Board|location=Derby|date=April 1974|at=05-a }}
* {{cite magazine|title=05s sold|magazine=[[RAIL (magazine)|Rail Enthusiast]]|publisher=EMAP National Publications|date=April 1983|page=47|issn=0262-561X|oclc=49957965}}

== External links ==
{{commons category|British Rail Class 05}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20150402092742/http://britishrail-locomotives.smugmug.com/BritishRail-1/Diesel/Shunters/27889729_VMdCQ6#!i=2399010892&k=PR9XMvz Images of 05001 at Sandown in 1976]
* {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20030330114950/http://www.therailwaycentre.com/Pages%20Loco/Recognition%20loco/Illus_05.html Photo at TheRailwayCentre.com]}}
* [http://neil-higson.fpic.co.uk/p36110099.html Picture of 05001 at Ryde Pier Head during a rare trip out from Sandown in 1983.]{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
* [https://www.flickr.com/photos/cookephotography/2227365032/ Picture of 05001 at Sandown]

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