Last Checked or Updated
10 September 2026
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D443 | 50043 Eagle |
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| Photo: K. Connolly - Paddington Station 30/04/1977 |
| Loco Specific Information | |||
| Built By | English Electric at The Vulcan Foundry | ||
| Build Number | 3813 / D1184 | ||
| To British Rail / To Service | 04.10.1968 / 05.10.1968 | D443 | |
| TOPS Renumbered | 15.02.1974 | 50043 | |
| Time In Service | 22 years, 3 months, 28 days | 8,155 days | |
| Engine Hours | 5,757 | ||
| Nameplate | Eagle | Fitted | 28.06.1978 |
| First Noted Working Found | |||
| Monday | 28 September 1970 | 1P26 1105 London Euston - Barrow-in-Furness | Between Crewe - Barrow-in-Furness |
| Works History & Service Working (Before & After) | |||||
| 1 — Crewe Works (1968) | |||||
| 1 | |||||
| Before | |||||
| Works | Acceptance | Entry xx.09.1968 / Release xx.09.1968 | |||
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| 2 — Crewe Works (1971) | |||||
| 2 | |||||
| Before | |||||
| Works | Light Repair | Entry xx.xx1971 / Release 06.10.1971 | |||
| After | |||||
| 3 — Crewe Works (1973/4) | |||||
| 3 | |||||
| Before | |||||
| Works | Intermediate | Entry After 09.12.1973 / Release Prior 19.05.1974 | |||
| After | |||||
| 4 — Doncaster Works (1979) | |||||
| 4 | Before | ||||
| Works | Intermediate | Entry xx.02.1979 / Release 16.05.1979 | |||
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| 5 — Doncaster Works (1982/3) | |||||
| 5 | |||||
| Before | |||||
| Works | Refurbishment | Entry 08.12.1982 / Release 04.05.1983 | |||
| After | |||||
| 6 — Laira Depot (1987) | |||||
| 6 | |||||
| Before | |||||
| Works | Major F Exam | Entry xx.xx.1987 / Release 10.11.1987 | |||
| After | |||||
| Last Passenger Duty (PD) / Last Working (LW) | |||
| PD | Wednesday | 30 January 1991 | 2C08 07:12 Newton Abbot - Exeter St Davids |
| LW | Thursday | 31 January 1991 | 04:55 Laira - Exeter St Davids (Empty Coaching Stock) with 50049 |
| Post Service | |||
| Withdrawn from Service | 31.01.1991 | ||
| Condemned (Withdrawn) | 01.02.1991 | Main Generator | |
| Cut Up | 01.2002 | At | Blaenavon & Pontypool Railway By Raxstar |
| 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 | |
| 11.05.1974 | Reallocated to Bristol Bath Road | BR | |
| 11.1980 | Reallocated to Laira | LA | |
| Sector Code | Sector | ||
| 05.1987 | PXXA | Provincial | |
| 21.05.1988 | RXXA | Parcels | |
| 10.07.1988 | NSSA | Network SouthEast - Solent & Sarum | |
| 20.05.1990 | NWXA | Network SouthEast - West of England Reserve | |
| Liveries | |||
| Earliest Noted | Latest Noted | Livery | Notes |
| 04.10.1968 | Original BR Blue | ||
| 00.05.1983 | 15.04.1984 | BR Blue Large Logo Grey Roof | |
| 01.11.1985 | BR Blue Large Logo Black Roof | ||
| 00.00.1986 | BR Blue Large Logo Black Roof with Orange Cantrail | ||
| 00.00.1986 | 08.07.1986 | BR Blue Large Logo Black Roof with Orange Cantrail & Red Buffer Beams | |
| 00.00.1987 | Revised Network SouthEast (Light Blue) | ||
| 00.00.1989 | Revised Network SouthEast (Dark Blue) | ||
| Damage / Accidents | ||||
| Photos | |
| Standard British Rail Blue | Nameplate |
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