British Rail Class D3/14 [SEP] manufacturer
British Rail Class D3/14
British Rail Class D3/14 was a diesel-electric locomotive built by the London and North Eastern Railway at its Doncaster Works. It had a Petter engine, and Brush Traction electricals. It was absorbed by British Railways on nationalisation, but was withdrawn in the pre-TOPS era.
Number 15004 was built as a prototype in 1947 and on nationalisation became part of the Eastern Region of British Railways fleet in 1949. Its shed allocation in 1950 was 31B, March. It was withdrawn in 1962.
LNER internal combustion locomotives
The London and North Eastern Railway used a few petrol and diesel locomotives. These included the LNER Class Y11 petrol locomotives, the diesel shunters which later became British Rail Class D3/9 and British Rail Class D3/14 and the Kitson-Still steam diesel hybrid locomotive. During the 1930s, Armstrong Whitworth supplied an experimental 1-Co-1 diesel-electric locomotive and several diesel-electric railcars. In the 1940s, the LNER had 25 1,600 hp main-line diesel locomotives on order. These would have been similar to the