British Railways D0226

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British Railways D0226

D0226 in preservation at Haworth.

| Type and origin

Power type| Diesel-electric
Builder| English Electric at Vulcan Foundry
Serial number|

* English Electric: 2345
* Vulcan Foundry: D226

Build date| 1956
| Specifications

Configuration:
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• Whyte| 0-6-0
• UIC| C
Gauge| 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Wheel diameter| 4 ft 0 in (1.219 m)
Loco weight| 48 long tons (49 t; 54 short tons)
Prime mover| EE 6RKT Mk II
Generator| DC
Traction motors| English Electric, DC 1 off
Transmission| Diesel electric
| Performance figures

Maximum speed| 35 mph (56 km/h)
Power output| 500 hp (370 kW)
Tractive effort| 33,000 lbf (146.79 kN)
| Career

Operators| British Railways
Numbers| D226 (D0226 from August 1959)
First run| loaned 1957
Withdrawn| October 1960
Disposition| Returned to EE at Preston,
to Keighley and Worth Valley Railway in March 1966
British Railways D0227

| Type and origin

Only differences from above are shown
Power type| Diesel-hydraulic
Serial number|

* English Electric: 2347
* Vulcan Foundry: D227

| Specifications

Transmission| Krupp-Lysholm hydraulic
| Career

Operators| British Railways
Numbers| D227 (D0227 from August 1959)
Withdrawn| September 1959
Disposition| Returned to EE at Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns, Darlington; scrapped at unknown date.

D0226 and D0227 were two prototype diesel shunting locomotives built in 1956 by English Electric at its Vulcan Foundry in Newton-le-Willows to demonstrate its wares to British Railways. They originally carried numbers D226 and D227, their Vulcan Foundry works numbers, but these were amended in August 1959 to avoid clashing with the numbers of new Class 40 locomotives.

They were both of 0-6-0 wheel arrangement and were fitted with English Electric 6RKT engines of 500 hp. They were painted black with an orange stripe along the middle of the bodyside, which turned into a 'V' at the nose end. The major difference between the two locomotives was that D0226 had diesel-electric transmission and D0227 had diesel-hydraulic transmission.

BR tested both locomotives at its Stratford depot in East London. D0226 has been preserved at the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway, but D0227 was scrapped.

D0226 in green livery at Haworth

## Further reading

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* Strickland, David C. (September 1983). Locomotive Directory: Every Single One There Has Ever Been. Camberley: Diesel and Electric Group. p. 146\. ISBN 978-0-906375-10-5. OCLC 16601890. OL 27959920M. Wikidata Q105978499.
* Cox, J.A. (July 1966). "Diesel Prototype for Worth Valley". Railway Magazine. Vol. 112, no. 783\. pp. 410–411.

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