422 BR Class 50 50007 Hercules (1968)
BR Class 50 50007 Hercules
RAILWAY ROLLING STOCK ALBUM
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Fifty English Electric Type 4 (later BR Class 50) diesel locomotives were built by English Electric at their Vulcan Foundry Works plant in Newton-le-Willows between 1967 and 1968, and were originally allocated numbers D4- - They later became BR’s Class 50, being allocated renumbered with numbers begining with 50. The origally hauled passenger trains on the West Coast Main Line on the yet to be electrified section North of Crewe often as double headers. Upon electrification the fleet was transferred to BR’s Western Region to work main line passenger services out of London Paddington. The engines remaned unnamed until 1970 when they aquired names of wartime Royal Naval vessels.
50007 Hercules
Numbered D407 the engine entered service in August 1968, in 1974 the engine was renumbered 50007 and in 1978 aquired its present name Hercules, after the British battleship of the same name, in 1984 it was outshopped in Brunswick Green and renamed Sir Edward Elgar, to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Great Western Railway. After being withdrawn on 16 July 1991, the locomotive was re-instated for railtour service, and was one of the two Class 50 locomotives to haul the final BR Class 50 railtour, Withdrawn on 26th March 1994 Sir Edward Elgar was the penultimate class 50 locomotive to be retired from service.
50007 Sir Edward Elgar was purchased by the Class 40 Appeal and was transferred to the Midland Railway Butterley in July 1994.In 2013, the locomotive was sold to a private owner and relocated to Washwood Heath, where it was repainted from GWR Green to BR Blue, and re-named Hercules. It changed hands again in November 2016, being fitted with the relevant equipment for mainline running. 50007 was moved to the SVR on 16 January 2017
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Shot 15.09.2018 at Kidderminster Diesel Depot, Severn Valley Railway, Shropshire Ref 136-422
422 BR Class 50 50007 Hercules (1968)
BR Class 50 50007 Hercules
RAILWAY ROLLING STOCK ALBUM
www.flickr.com/photos/45676495@N05/albums/72157624240221528
SEVERN VALLEY RAILWAY ALBUM
www.flickr.com/photos/45676495@N05/albums/72177720298846760
Fifty English Electric Type 4 (later BR Class 50) diesel locomotives were built by English Electric at their Vulcan Foundry Works plant in Newton-le-Willows between 1967 and 1968, and were originally allocated numbers D4- - They later became BR’s Class 50, being allocated renumbered with numbers begining with 50. The origally hauled passenger trains on the West Coast Main Line on the yet to be electrified section North of Crewe often as double headers. Upon electrification the fleet was transferred to BR’s Western Region to work main line passenger services out of London Paddington. The engines remaned unnamed until 1970 when they aquired names of wartime Royal Naval vessels.
50007 Hercules
Numbered D407 the engine entered service in August 1968, in 1974 the engine was renumbered 50007 and in 1978 aquired its present name Hercules, after the British battleship of the same name, in 1984 it was outshopped in Brunswick Green and renamed Sir Edward Elgar, to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Great Western Railway. After being withdrawn on 16 July 1991, the locomotive was re-instated for railtour service, and was one of the two Class 50 locomotives to haul the final BR Class 50 railtour, Withdrawn on 26th March 1994 Sir Edward Elgar was the penultimate class 50 locomotive to be retired from service.
50007 Sir Edward Elgar was purchased by the Class 40 Appeal and was transferred to the Midland Railway Butterley in July 1994.In 2013, the locomotive was sold to a private owner and relocated to Washwood Heath, where it was repainted from GWR Green to BR Blue, and re-named Hercules. It changed hands again in November 2016, being fitted with the relevant equipment for mainline running. 50007 was moved to the SVR on 16 January 2017
Diolch yn fawr am 68,375,644 o olygfeydd anhygoel, mwynhewch ac arhoswch yn ddiogel
Thank you 68,375,644 amazing views, enjoy and stay safe
Shot 15.09.2018 at Kidderminster Diesel Depot, Severn Valley Railway, Shropshire Ref 136-422