D441 | 50041 Bulwark

Loco Specific Information
Built By	English Electric at The Vulcan Foundry
Build Number	EE 3811 / VF D1182
To British Rail / To Service	03.10.1968 / 05.10.1968	D441
TOPS Renumbered	15.02.1974	50041
Time In Service	21 years, 6 months, 14 days	7,866 days
Engine Hours	10,394
Nameplate	Bulwark	Fitted	08.05.1978

 

First Noted Working Found
Thursday	13 August 1970	xxxx 08:15 Liverpool Lime Street - Glasgow Central	DH with 445

 

Works History & Service Working (Before & After)
1 — Crewe Works (1968)
1
	Before
	Works	Acceptance			Entry xx.09.1968 / Release xx.09.1968
	After
2 — Crewe Works (1971)
2
	Before
	Works	Light Repair			Entry xx.xx.1971 / Release 02.04.1971
	After
3 — Crewe Works (1971/2)
3
	Before
	Works	Light Repair			Entry Prior 27.12.1971 / Release Prior 30.01.1972
	After
4 — Crewe Works (1973)
4	Before
	Works	Intermediate			Entry Prior 08.04.1973 / Release 13.04.1973
	After
5 — Crewe Works (1975)
5
	Before	14.08.1975			1S46 0748 Liverpool Lime Street - Edinburgh Waverley between Liverpool Lime Street - Preston
	Works	Light Repair			Entry Prior 20.09.1975 / Release Prior 07.12.1975
	After	07.01.1976			2B31 1655 Paignton - Exeter St Davids
6 — Crewe Works (1976)
6
	Before	09.05.1976			1A05 1730 Plymouth - London Paddington
	Works	Light Repair			Entry After 09.05.1976 / Release 06.10.1976
	After	09.10.1976			1V34 0745 Kensington Olympia - St Austell Motorail
7 — Doncaster Works (1977)
7
	Before	28.01.1977			1A19 1055 Penzance - London Paddington between Plymouth - London Paddington
	Works	Light Repair			Entry Prior 01.05.1977 / Release Prior 11.08.1977
	After	11.08.1977			2B48 2020 Exeter St Davids - Newton Abbot
7 — Doncaster Works (1978)
8
	Before	10.07.1978			1B82 1330 London Paddington - Penzance
	Works	Light Repair			Entry Prior 03.09.1978 / Release Prior 07.10.1978
	After	07.10.1978			1B76 1230 London Paddington - Paignton
9 — Doncaster Works (1981)
9
	Before	16.05.1981			1A23 0845 Paignton - London Paddington
	Works	Refurbishment			Entry 29.05.1981 / Release 29.10.1981
	After	20.11.1981			1M88 0605 Plymouth - Liverpool Lime Street between Plymouth - Birmingham New Street
10 — Doncaster Works (1984/5)
10
	Before	22.11.1983			1A02 2135 Penzance - London Paddington Derailed at London Paddington on the morning of the 23rd
	Works	Crash Repair			Entry Prior 11.03.1984 / Release After 11.01.1985
	After	24.01.1985			2C74 1635 Plymouth - Penzance

 

Last Passenger Duty (PD) / Last Working (LW)
PD	Friday	25 January 1990	2C35 07:12 Newton Abbot - Exeter St Davids
LW	Friday	25 January 1990	2C35 07:12 Newton Abbot - Exeter St Davids

 

Post Service
Withdrawn from Service	03.01.1990		Main Generator
Condemned (Withdrawn)	17.04.1990
Cut Up	06.07.1991	At	Old Oak Common By Coopers Metals

 

Identification Markings & Notes

Allocations / Sectors
Date	Area / Depot	Depot Code	Time Spent at Depot
xx.10.1968	Allocated to London Midland Stoke Division	D05
xx.05.1973	Allocated to Crewe Diesel	CD
10.01.1976	Reallocated to Bristol Bath Road	BR
11.1980	Reallocated to Laira	LA
04.1982	Reallocated to Old Oak Common	OC
	Sector Code		Sector
05.1987	DXXA		Departmental
10.1987	NXXA		Network SouthEast
09.05.1989	DCWA		Departmental - Western Region
13.08.1988	NSSA		Network SouthEast - Solent & Sarum

Liveries
Earliest Noted	Latest Noted	Livery	Notes
03.10.1968	29.05.1981	Original BR Blue
00.10.1981	25.08.1987	BR Blue Large Logo Grey Roof
00.00.1987		Revised Network SouthEast (Light Blue)

Damage / Accidents
Date	Incident
23.11.1983	50041 Bulwark derailed when entering Paddington station at around 60 mph with the 'Night Riviera'. After leaving Reading the train ran normally until around two miles from Paddington, where instead of slowing to observe the 60 mph speed restriction on the Up Main line, it continued at speed. It was still travelling in excess of 65 mph when it entered a crossover half a mile outside the station (maximum permitted speed 25 mph) and derailed.

Photos
Standard British Rail Blue Unrefurbished	Nameplate
Photo: B. Daniels 02 October 1980 - Raneleigh Bridge