British Rail Class 02

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British Rail Class 02
D2854 on the Middleton Railway in 1994
hideType and origin Power type Diesel-hydraulic Builder Yorkshire Engine Co. Serial number 2809–2818, 2843–2852 Build date 1960–1961 Total produced 20
hideSpecifications Configuration: ​  • Whyte 0-4-0DH  • UIC B Gauge 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) Wheel diameter 3 ft 4 in (1.016 m) Minimum curve 1 chain (20 m) Wheelbase 6 ft 0 in (1.829 m) Length 21 ft 11+1⁄2 in (6.693 m) Width 8 ft 6 in (2.59 m) Height 11 ft 5+1⁄4 in (3.486 m) Loco weight 28.60 long tons (29.06 t; 32.03 short tons) Fuel capacity 300 imp gal (1,400 l; 360 US gal) Prime mover Rolls-Royce C6NFL176 Engine type Straight-6 diesel Transmission Rolls-Royce 10,000-series 3-stage twin-disc torque converter, manually operated YEC reduction and reversing final drive gearbox Train brakes Vacuum
hidePerformance figures Maximum speed 19.5 mph (31.4 km/h) Power output Engine: 170 hp (130 kW) At rail: 100 hp (75 kW) Tractive effort 15,000 lbf (66.7 kN) (max) Brakeforce 21 long tons-force (210 kN)
hideCareer Operators British Railways Number in class 20 Numbers D2850–D2869; later 02 001–02 004 Nicknames Pugs Axle load class RA 2 Withdrawn December 1969 – June 1975 Disposition Seven preserved, remainder scrapped

The British Rail Class 02 were a class of twenty 0-4-0 diesel-hydraulic shunting locomotives built by the Yorkshire Engine Company in 1960 (first ten, D2850-D2859) and 1961 (D2860-D2869) for service in areas of restricted loading gauge and curvature such as docks. They had the door to the cab at the rear, with a railed veranda behind the cab; this feature was very unusual on British Rail locomotives although was used on many Yorkshire Engine Co. designs and was/is quite normal in North American practice.

Operation[]

Initial deliveries were to Bank Hall shed in Liverpool and most were allocated to depots around Liverpool or Manchester.

Withdrawal[]

With the changes in the role of the British railway system and the closing of many of the facilities in which the Class 02 locomotives worked, they were increasingly surplus to requirements. The first locomotives were withdrawn in December 1969 from the Preston division of the Midland Region and by the end of 1971 there were only four left in service with British Rail. Of these, three survived long enough to enter the BR TOPS computer system: 02001 (formerly D2851), 02003 (D2853), and 02004 (D2856), and all three were withdrawn in June 1975 from Allerton depot. Being between nine and fourteen years old when withdrawn, they still had a lot of life left in them, and the majority were sold to private industry, with nine being cut up for scrap.

Table of withdrawals

Year	Quantity in service at start of year	Quantity withdrawn	Locomotive numbers	Notes
1969	20	5	D2861–63/68–69	D2862 and D2868 sold for industrial use.
1970	15	10	D2850/54–55/58–60/64–67	D2854, D2858 and D2865-7 sold for industrial use.
1971	5	1	D2857
1972	4	0	–
1973	4	1	D2852	Allocated TOPS number 02002.
1974	3	0	–
1975	3	3	02001/03–04	02003 sold for industrial use.

Fleet list[]

Unit Number	Withdrawl	Disposal
D2850	1970	Scrapped
02 001	1975	Scrapped
D2852	1973	Scrapped
02 003	1975	Saw further use st L.C.P. Fuel Co., Pensnett Trading Estate, Shut End.[1] Later preserved.
D2854	1970	Saw further use at C.F. Booth Ltd.., Rotherham,[1] later preserved.
D2855	1970	Scrapped
02 004	1975	Saw further use at Redland Roadstone Ltd., Mountsorrel.[1] Later Scrapped
D2857	1971	Scrapped
D2858	1970	Saw further use at Lowton Metals Ltd., Haydock,[1] later Preserved.
D2859	1970	Scrapped
D2860	1970	Preserved
D2861	1969	Scrapped
D2862	1969	Sold for further use by NCB (Western Area) at Norton and Chatterley Whitfield collieries. then scrapped
D2863	1969	Scrapped
D2864	1970	Scrapped
D2865	1970	Saw further use at Blue Circle Industries Ltd., Kilverington Gypsum Works.[1] Later scrapped. then scrapped
D2866	1970	Saw further use at Arnott Young & Co. (Shipbreakers) Ltd., Dalmuir Yard.[1] Later Preserved
D2867	1970	Saw further use at Redland Roadstone Ltd., Barrow-Upon-Soar,[1] later Preserved
D2868	1969	Saw further use st L.C.P. Fuel Co., Pensnett Trading Estate, Shut End.[1] Later preserved.
D2869	1969	Scrapped

Service with British Railways[]

Much of the units were placed in many different places although much of them were placed in the Liverpool area, serving places like Bank Hall Shed, Allerton Depot, Liverpool Exchange and Garston Dock.

D2850[]

D2850 was a very short lived shunter working for just 10 years from 1960 to 1970. After leaving Bank Hall Shed, D2850 was transferred to Allerton TMD where it survived in until 1970.^[2] It was scrapped shortly after.

D2851 or 02 001[]

D2851 was one of 3 units that survived long enough to enter TOPS, it spent nearly its entire life at Allerton Depot through the 1970s before it was withdrawn in 1975, it was scrapped shortly afterwards. Even as late as 1973, 2 years before withdrawal, the unit still carried its old number.

D2852[]

D2852 survived in BR service longer than most other units in this class, bested only by the units with a TOPS classification, however this unit was allocated a TOPS number, 02 002 but it was never carried by the unit. The Locomotive after leaving Bank hall shed was transported to in 1966 and it also went to Liverpool Alexandra Dock during its time there. However just two years later the unit was moved to Allerton Depot. While in its early years, still in Bank Hall Shed, the units worked mostly the Great Howard Street Goods Yard. The unit despite its allocations was occasionally moves do Liverpool Brunswick Dock. While in Allerton Depot the unit frequently worked alongside the aforementioned D2851 prior to it carrying its TOPS number. The unit was withdrawn in October 1973, and was scrapped on site by Avon Transmissions on the first of March 1976.

D2853 or 02 003[]

D2853, after construction and commencing of operations, was given the works number 2812. It entered service in October 1960. After leaving Bank Hall Shed, which it did very early, it worked the Liverpool docks until it was then transferred to Speke Junction. Despite being transferred to the Docks, it was still officially allocated to Bank Hall Shed. The locomotive was present on the Derby Locomotive Works Open Day on 31 August 1968. Also in 1968 the unit alongside D2852 was transferred from Speke Junction to Allerton TMD, where it would spend the rest of its BR life working. It was also seen moving goods around the area of Allerton, at Liverpool Exchange in 1973, and in Garston docks in 1975. In 1974 the unit began carrying its new TOPS number, 02 003. However that number didn't last long as the unit was withdrawn in June 1975, it spent its last years working With D2851, D2852 and D2856. Following Withdrawal it was sold to LCP Fuels of Pesnett near Birmingham.

D2854[]

After Leaving Bank Hall Shed, D2854 stayed in the Liverpool area, however it did not stay for long, it was withdrawn in 1970 and was sold to C.F. Booth of Rotherham.

D2855[]

D2855 entered service in Bank Hall Shed in November 1960 and was a very short lived locomotive. It was moved to Arpley Yard in Warrington towards the end of its life in the late 60s before being scrapped on the first of June 1970.

D2856 or 02 004[]

D2856 was one of three units to survive long enough to carry a TOPS number. It left Bank Hall Shed in October 1966 and was transferred to Speke Junction and then to Allerton Depot in May 1968. I survived there working Alongside the other units that survived Long enough to Enter TOPS until the last three units were withdrawn in June 1975. In 1974 however the unit was briefly used in Liverpool Exchange. The unit was stripped for spares in September 1975 and the top of the unit holding the engine was destroyed in the process, the rest of the locomotive was scrapped the following month.

Industrial use[]

8 withdrawn trains were sold into industrial use in a large variety of Locations.

02 003 or Peter[]

02 003 was sold to LCP Fuels of Pesnett/Brierley Hill in the West Midlands, It was renamed Peter. It began operations in 1976 It spent most of its time in small enclosures with tight turns hauling small industrial goods but in 1980 Peter was seen working with Class 25 unit 25 273 in the main Pesnett yard working with Coke Hoppers and larger wagons. It offered a good service to the Industry until 1997 when it was acquired by the South Yorkshire Preservation Society.

D2854[]

D2854 was purchased by C.F Booth Scrapyard of Rotherham, unlike today when a train is sold to C.F. Booth it is being sold for scrap, it was sold for industrial use. It had begun operations by 1971 and was a useful engine to C.F. Booth.> In 1985 much of the exterior of the unit had been cut up and one could see through one end of the locomotive to the other, this was likely for maintenance. In 1989 the train was sold to the South Yorkshire Railway (now the Heritage Shunters Trust) for preservation, where it still resides.

Preservation[]

There are 7 locomotives now in preservation, where their small size makes them perfect as a workshop shunter or for use in track maintenance work. One (D2860) is the works shunter for the National Railway Museum in York, where it is used to move much larger exhibits around.

• D2853 by Barrow Hill Engine Shed^[3]
• D2854 by Heritage Shunters Trust^[4]
• D2858 at Midland Railway – Butterley^[5]
• D2860 at National Railway Museum, York^[6]
• D2866 by Heritage Shunters Trust^[4]
• D2867 Diane at Battlefield Line Railway^[7]
• D2868 by Barrow Hill Engine Shed^[3]

D2853[]

D2853 was originally sent over to Meadowhall before later being transferred to the Rutland Railway Museum and eventually to Barrow Hall Engine Shen, where it resides today. The unit is often only posing statically on display however the unit does occasionally move around on its own power, sometimes with other units. It was also twice moved to the Appleby Frodingham Railway in Scunthorpe, in 2011 and 2014–15. The unit is currently, as of 2020 painted in BR Green Livery and is in Great Condition.

D2854[]

D2854 was purchased from C.F. Booth in 1989 by the Heritage Shunters Trust, who used it to operated services on Peak Rail between Matlock and Rowsley and they still do.

Replicas[]

Replicas Have been made of:

D2852

D2856

Technical details[]

The engine is a Rolls-Royce C6NFL176 6-cyl. in-line connected to a Rolls-Royce series 10,000 3-stage twin-disc torque converter and a manually operated YEC reduction and reversing final drive gearbox. The engine and transmission are mounted at an angle of 30 degrees to the horizontal to allow the overall length and height of the locomotive to be reduced.^{[citation needed]}

Unlike most earlier British Rail shunters, the Class 02s were built with train vacuum brakes.^[8]

Industrial locomotives[]

In addition to these locomotives produced for British Railways, around 50 very similar locomotives (most with diesel-electric transmission and/or more powerful engines) were produced for industrial customers. Many of these can now be found in preservation also, since few industrial users have their own railways anymore. Quite a few are dressed up in fictitious British Railways livery and numbering (for example – 02 101).

References[]

Further reading[]

• "Readers' round-up: Class 02". Rail Enthusiast. EMAP National Publications. October 1982. p. 54. ISSN 0262-561X. OCLC 49957965.

External links[]

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