Last Checked or Updated
10 September 2026
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D403 | 50003 Temeraire |
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| Photo: K. Connolly - Old Oak Common 09/03/1974 |
| Loco Specific Information | |||
| Built By | English Electric at The Vulcan Foundry | ||
| Build Number | EE 3773 / VF D1144 | ||
| To British Rail / To Service | 13.01.1968 / 15.01.1968 | D403 | |
| TOPS Renumbered | 15.02.1974 | 50003 | |
| Time In Service | 23 years, 6 months, 3 days | 8,605 days | |
| Engine Hours | 6,898 | ||
| Nameplate | Temeraire | Fitted | 09.05.1978 |
| First Noted Working Found | |||
| Saturday | 30 March 1968 | xxxx 11:25 Birmingham New Street - Glasgow Central between Crewe - Glasgow Central | |
| Works History & Service Working (Before & After) | |||||
| 1 — Crewe Works (1967) | |||||
| 1 | |||||
| Before | |||||
| Works | Returned for Attention | Entry xx.11.1967 / Release xx.xx.xxxx | |||
| After | |||||
| 2 — Crewe Works (1971) | |||||
| 2 | |||||
| Before | |||||
| Works | Light Repair | Entry Prior 27.06.1971 / Release 24.07.1971 | |||
| After | |||||
| 3 — Crewe Works (1973/4) | |||||
| 3 | |||||
| Before | |||||
| Works | Intermediate | Entry Prior 16.09.1973 / Release Prior 24.02.1974 | |||
| After | |||||
| 4 — Crewe Works (1976) | |||||
| 4 | Before | ||||
| Works | Light Repair | Entry Prior 04.04.1976 / Release 31.10.1976 | |||
| After | |||||
| 5 — Doncaster Works (1978) | |||||
| 5 | |||||
| Before | |||||
| Works | Light Repair | Entry Prior 03.09.1978 / Release Prior 03.12.1978 | |||
| After | |||||
| 6 — Doncaster Works (1979/80) | |||||
| 6 | |||||
| Before | 27.01.1979 | 10:23 Manchester Piccadilly - Plymouth | |||
| Works | Collision Damage & Refurbishment | Entry Prior 31.01.1979 / Release 17.09.1980 | |||
| After | 26.09.1980 |
1V93 0950 Edinburgh Waverley - Plymouth between York - Plymouth | |||
| 7 — Doncaster Works (1984) | |||||
| 7 | |||||
| Before | 14.01.1984 | 1M85 0740 Penzance - Liverpool Lime Street between Plymouth - Birmingham New Street | |||
| Works | Intermediate | Entry Prior xx.01.1984 / Release Prior 06.04.1984 | |||
| After | 11.04.1984 | 1V92 1428 York - Plymouth Vice HST | |||
| 8 — Laira Depot (1988) | |||||
| 8 | |||||
| Before | |||||
| Works | Major F Exam | Entry Prior xx.xx.198x / Release 09.03.1988 | |||
| After | |||||
| Last Passenger Duty (PD) / Last Working (LW) | |||
| PD | Monday | 01 July 1991 | 1V22 20:40 Waterloo - Yeovil Junction |
| LW | Monday | 01 July 1991 | 1V22 20:40 Waterloo - Yeovil Junction |
| Post Service | |||
| Withdrawn from Service | 01.07.1991 | ||
| Condemned (Withdrawn) | 15.07.1991 | ||
| Cut Up | 30.04.1992 | At | MC Metals (Springburn) |
| Identification Markings & Notes |
| Allocations / Sectors | |||
| Date | Area / Depot | Depot Code | Time Spent at Depot |
| 12.01.1968 | Allocated to London Midland Western Lines | LMWL | |
| xx.06.1968 | Allocated to London Midland Stoke Division | D05 | |
| xx.05.1973 | Allocated to Crewe Diesel | CD | |
| 09.03.1974 | Reallocated to Bristol Bath Road | BR | |
| 06.04.1974 | Reallocated to Laira | LA | |
| Sector Code | Sector | ||
| 05.1987 | RXXA | Parcels | |
| 30.09.1988 | NSSA | Network SouthEast - Solent & Sarum | |
| 20.05.1990 | NWXA | Network SouthEast - West Of England | |
| Liveries | |||
| Earliest Noted | Latest Noted | Livery | Notes |
| 13.01.1968 | 21.12.1978 | Original BR Blue | |
| 00.09.1980 | 18.08.1981 | BR Blue Large Logo Grey Roof | |
| 01.06.1986 | 26.07.1987 | BR Blue Large Logo Black Roof with Orange Cantrail & Red Buffer Beams | |
| 17.07.1988 | 15.07.1991 | Revised Network SouthEast (Light Blue) | |
| Damage / Accidents | |
| Jan 1979 | Running around its stock at Plymouth it collided with the coaches. |
| Photos | |
| Standard British Rail Blue | Nameplate |
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