12099, D8568, and D1013 'WESTERN RANGER', Kidderminster TMD, May 17th 2025
Class 17 'Clayton' No. D8568, and Class 11 No. 12099, Clayton Class 17 No. D8568, and 'Western' D1013 'WESTERN RANGER' are seen at Kidderminster TMD, on May 17th 2025.
12099 was built at Derby Works, entering service in March 1952.
Her allocation history is as follows:-
Nottingham 01/03/1952
Willesden 07/1957
Springs Branch 09/1958
Crewe South 01/1961
Nuneaton 06/1961
Rugby 05/1962
Rugby 09/1963
Bletchley 01/1969
Withdrawn 17/07/1971
It was stored at Bletchley, but a possible sale to the NCB saw it kept in running order and on 23/1/72 it was noted shunting at Bletchley, despite its condemnation, but in part
may have been due to the sale to the NCB and moved to NCB Opencast Executive, Lion Disposal Point, Blaenavon, Monmouthshire (operated by Murphy Bros).
On 23/10/75 it was moved to NCB (OE) Cwmbargoed Disposal Point (operated by Taylor Woodrow Construction Ltd.), followed by a move to NCB (OE) British Oak Disposal
Point, Crigglestone, Wakefield, West Yorkshire (operated by Hargreaves (West Riding) Ltd.) in 8/81 and, on 12/2/83, was moved to its final working location, NCB (OE) Bowers
Row Disposal Point, Astley, West Yorks. (also operated by Hargreaves)
It remained on site until the NCB sold it to Booth Roe Metals, Rotherham in 2/89 for scrap and was moved to Booth's yard on 26/2/89 but was not broken up and was resold to
the Severn Valley Railway, moved there by road on 26/3/90.
D8568 was built by Clayton, entering service in January 1964. The Class 17s were singularly unreliable, to say the least!
Her allocation history is as follows:-
Haymarket 06/01/1964
Polmadie 09/1968
Withdrawn 06/10/1971
Stored at Polmadie shed 10/71-12/71 and then to the disused shed at Ardrossan from 12/71-1/72. It was then moved back to Polmadie 1/72-9/72. Sold for industrial use to
Hemelite Ltd. (Hemel Hempstead Lightweight Concrete Company) of Harpenden, it arrived at their premises on 11/9/72, under its own power. Sold to Ribblesdale Cement Company, Clitheroe,
Lancashire for further industrial use, and moved from Harpenden to Cricklewood for attention on 16/6/77 and departed that location on 20/6/77, with arrival at its new
premises via freight trains on 24/6/77.
Sold to the Diesel Traction Group in 12/82 to go to the North Yorkshire Moors Railway for preservation. It moved from Clitheroe to Pickering, NYMR between 9 - 11/2/83. Left
NYMR on 23/6/91 en-route to Chinnor and visited many other preservation sites over the intervening months to appear as a guest loco at gala days, including Gloucester open
day in 8/91 and then to Old Oak Common, then onto the Chinnor & Princes Risborough Railway. Its home base remains at Chinnor but loans to other railways continue,
including long periods at the Severn Valley Railway; while there between 2020 and 2022 it was overhauled including being repainted in BR small logo blue livery by August 2021.
D1013 was built at Swindon Works, entering service in December 1962.
Cardiff (Canton) 13/12/1962
Named WESTERN RANGER when new.
Old Oak Common 03/1963
Cardiff (Canton) 04/1963
Allocation recoded 88A to 86A 09/1963
Landore 02/1965
Cardiff (Canton) 01/1966
Laira 04/1966
Landore 04/1968
Allocation recoded 87E to 87A 11/1969
Laira 10/1971
Allocation recoded 84A to LA 05/1973
Withdrawn 27/02/1977
On 28/2/77 went to Newton Abbot for storage but taken to Paignton on 6/6/77, storage at Newton Abbot continued but it later moved to Cardiff Canton for storage, where it
remained until departed for preservation on the Severn Valley Railway on 29/9/78.
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12099, D8568, and D1013 'WESTERN RANGER', Kidderminster TMD, May 17th 2025
Class 17 'Clayton' No. D8568, and Class 11 No. 12099, Clayton Class 17 No. D8568, and 'Western' D1013 'WESTERN RANGER' are seen at Kidderminster TMD, on May 17th 2025.
12099 was built at Derby Works, entering service in March 1952.
Her allocation history is as follows:-
Nottingham 01/03/1952
Willesden 07/1957
Springs Branch 09/1958
Crewe South 01/1961
Nuneaton 06/1961
Rugby 05/1962
Rugby 09/1963
Bletchley 01/1969
Withdrawn 17/07/1971
It was stored at Bletchley, but a possible sale to the NCB saw it kept in running order and on 23/1/72 it was noted shunting at Bletchley, despite its condemnation, but in part
may have been due to the sale to the NCB and moved to NCB Opencast Executive, Lion Disposal Point, Blaenavon, Monmouthshire (operated by Murphy Bros).
On 23/10/75 it was moved to NCB (OE) Cwmbargoed Disposal Point (operated by Taylor Woodrow Construction Ltd.), followed by a move to NCB (OE) British Oak Disposal
Point, Crigglestone, Wakefield, West Yorkshire (operated by Hargreaves (West Riding) Ltd.) in 8/81 and, on 12/2/83, was moved to its final working location, NCB (OE) Bowers
Row Disposal Point, Astley, West Yorks. (also operated by Hargreaves)
It remained on site until the NCB sold it to Booth Roe Metals, Rotherham in 2/89 for scrap and was moved to Booth's yard on 26/2/89 but was not broken up and was resold to
the Severn Valley Railway, moved there by road on 26/3/90.
D8568 was built by Clayton, entering service in January 1964. The Class 17s were singularly unreliable, to say the least!
Her allocation history is as follows:-
Haymarket 06/01/1964
Polmadie 09/1968
Withdrawn 06/10/1971
Stored at Polmadie shed 10/71-12/71 and then to the disused shed at Ardrossan from 12/71-1/72. It was then moved back to Polmadie 1/72-9/72. Sold for industrial use to
Hemelite Ltd. (Hemel Hempstead Lightweight Concrete Company) of Harpenden, it arrived at their premises on 11/9/72, under its own power. Sold to Ribblesdale Cement Company, Clitheroe,
Lancashire for further industrial use, and moved from Harpenden to Cricklewood for attention on 16/6/77 and departed that location on 20/6/77, with arrival at its new
premises via freight trains on 24/6/77.
Sold to the Diesel Traction Group in 12/82 to go to the North Yorkshire Moors Railway for preservation. It moved from Clitheroe to Pickering, NYMR between 9 - 11/2/83. Left
NYMR on 23/6/91 en-route to Chinnor and visited many other preservation sites over the intervening months to appear as a guest loco at gala days, including Gloucester open
day in 8/91 and then to Old Oak Common, then onto the Chinnor & Princes Risborough Railway. Its home base remains at Chinnor but loans to other railways continue,
including long periods at the Severn Valley Railway; while there between 2020 and 2022 it was overhauled including being repainted in BR small logo blue livery by August 2021.
D1013 was built at Swindon Works, entering service in December 1962.
Cardiff (Canton) 13/12/1962
Named WESTERN RANGER when new.
Old Oak Common 03/1963
Cardiff (Canton) 04/1963
Allocation recoded 88A to 86A 09/1963
Landore 02/1965
Cardiff (Canton) 01/1966
Laira 04/1966
Landore 04/1968
Allocation recoded 87E to 87A 11/1969
Laira 10/1971
Allocation recoded 84A to LA 05/1973
Withdrawn 27/02/1977
On 28/2/77 went to Newton Abbot for storage but taken to Paignton on 6/6/77, storage at Newton Abbot continued but it later moved to Cardiff Canton for storage, where it
remained until departed for preservation on the Severn Valley Railway on 29/9/78.
I hope you enjoy looking through my Flickr images. Please consider helping me pay for my Flickr subscription, and to replace my scanner with something that'll produce better images from the past.
I'd like to rescan all of my older uploads in the fullness of time.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.