D407 | 50007 Hercules

Loco Specific Information
Built By	English Electric at The Vulcan Foundry
Build Number	EE 3777 / VF D1148
To British Rail / To Service	12.03.1968 / 16.03.1968	D407
TOPS Renumbered	12.04.1974	50007
Time In Service	19 years, 3 months, 18 days	7,049 days
Engine Hours	9,624
Nameplate	Hercules	Fitted	06.04.1978
Renamed	Sir Edward Elgar		25.02.1984

 

First Noted Working Found
Sunday	16 June 1968	13:10 Glasgow - Euston	R.O. 473 p284

 

Works History & Service Working (Before & After)
1 — Crewe Works (1970)
1
	Before
	Works	Unknown			Entry xx.06.1969 / Release Prior 25.07.1969
	After
2 — Crewe Works (1970/1)
2
	Before
	Works	Light Repair			Entry After 08.11.1970 / Release 03.03.1971
	After
3 — Crewe Works (1971)
3
	Before
	Works	Light Repair			Entry Prior 19.09.1971 / Release 19.09.1971
	After
4 — Crewe Works (1971/2)
4
	Before
	Works	Light Repair			Entry Prior 27.12.1971 / Release Prior 30.01.1972
	After
5 — Crewe Works (1973)
5
	Before
	Works	Intermediate			Entry Prior 08.04.1973 / Release 05.06.1973
	After
6 — Crewe Works (1974)
6
	Before
	Works	Light Repair			Entry Prior 11.08.1974 / Release Prior 22.09.1974
	After
7 — Crewe Works (1976)
7
	Before
	Works	Light Repair			Entry Prior 22.08.1976 / Release 16.09.1976
	After
8 — Doncaster Works (1979)
8
	Before
	Works	Intermediate			Entry Prior 13.05.1979 / Release 19.07.1979
	After
9 — Doncaster Works (1982/3)
9
	Before	30 Sep 1986			1M83 10:30 Penzance - Liverpool Lime Street between Penzance - Plymouth
	Works	Refurbishment			Entry 13.09.1982 / Release 28.02.1983
	After
10 — Doncaster Works (1986)
10
	Before
	Works	Unclassified			Entry Prior 26.10.1986 / Release After 02.11.1986
	After	08 November 1986			0V01 0815 Doncaster Works - Old Oak Common Light Engine
11 — Laira Depot (1987)
11
	Before
	Works	Major F Exam			Entry xx.xx.1987 / Release 02.04.1987
	After

 

Last Passenger Working (PD) / Last Working (LW)
PD	Saturday	26th March 1994	1Z50 17:35 Penzance - London Paddington DH with 50050 The Fifty Terminator Railtour via Westbury
LW	Sunday	27th March 1994	0Z50 Reading - Laira with 50050

 

Post Service
Withdrawn from Service	27.03.1994
Condemned (Withdrawn)	31.03.1994
Preservation

 

Identification Markings & Notes

Allocations / Sectors
Date	Area / Depot	Depot Code	Time Spent at Depot
xx.03.1968	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
11.05.1974	Reallocated to Laira	LA
	Sector Code		Sector
05.1987	DXXA		Departmental
10.1987	DXXD		Departmental
30.09.1988	RXXA		Parcels
08.10.1988	DCWA		Departmental Western Region
14.05.1989	NSSA		Network SouthEast - Solent & Sarum
20.05.1990	NWXA		Network SouthEast - West Of England

Liveries
Earliest Noted	Latest Noted	Livery	Notes
12.03.1968	13.09.1982	Original BR Blue
00.02.1983	07.09.1983	BR Blue Large Logo Grey Roof
25.02.1984	27.03.1994	GWR Brunswick Green

Damage / Accidents

Preservation
Preserved By	Class 50 Alliance	At	Kidderminster, Severn Valley Railway

Photos
Standard British Rail Blue	Nameplate
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