Last Checked or Updated
10 September 2026
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D444 | 50044 Exeter |
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| Photo: K. Connolly - Bristol Bath Road 23/05/1976 |
| Loco Specific Information | |||
| Built By | English Electric at The Vulcan Foundry | ||
| Build Number | 3814 / D1185 | ||
| To British Rail / To Service | 11.10.1968 | D444 | |
| TOPS Renumbered | 15.02.1974 | 50044 | |
| Time In Service | 22 years, 2 months, 21 days | 8,117 days | |
| Engine Hours | 8,910 | ||
| Nameplate | Exeter | Fitted | 27.04.1978 |
| First Noted Working Found | |||
| Friday | 10 July 1970 | 1S45 08:05 Liverpool Lime Street - Glasgow Central | |
| 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 (1970/1) | |||||
| 2 | |||||
| Before | |||||
| Works | Light Repair | Entry After 08.11.1970 / Release 16.01.1971 | |||
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| 3 — Crewe Works (1974) | |||||
| 3 | |||||
| Before | |||||
| Works | Intermediate | Entry xx.xx.1974 / Release 14.02.1974 | |||
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| 4 — Crewe Works (1976/7) | |||||
| 4 | Before | ||||
| Works | Light Repair | Entry Prior 05.12.1976 / Release Prior 16.01.1977 | |||
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| 5 — Doncaster Works (1977) | |||||
| 5 | |||||
| Before | |||||
| Works | Light Repair | Entry Prior 21.08.1977 / Release 18.12.1977 | |||
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| 6 — Doncaster Works (1981/2) | |||||
| 6 | |||||
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| Works | Refurbishment | Entry 19.11.1981 / Release 29.04.1982 | |||
| After | |||||
| 7 — Doncaster Works (1986) | |||||
| 7 | |||||
| Before | |||||
| Works | Intermediate | Entry xx.xx.xxxx / Release 10.11.1986 | |||
| After | |||||
| Last Passenger Duty (PD) / Last Working (LW) | |||
| PD | Tuesday | 11 December 1990 | 1L29 22:15 Waterloo - Salisbury |
| LW | Wednesday | 12 December 1990 | 5B26 Eastleigh - Salisbury |
| Post Service | |||
| Withdrawn from Service | 12.12.1990 | ||
| Condemned (Withdrawn) | 11.01.1991 | Traction Motor | |
| Preservation | |||
| 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 | |
| 04.05.1974 | Reallocated to Bristol Bath Road | BR | |
| 11.1980 | Reallocated to Laira | LA | |
| Sector Code | Sector | ||
| 05.1987 | NXXA | Network SouthEast | |
| 30.09.1988 | NSSA | Network SouthEast - Solent & Sarum | |
| 20.05.1990 | NWXA | Network SouthEast - West of England Reserve | |
| Liveries | |||
| Earliest Noted | Latest Noted | Livery | Notes |
| 11.10.1968 | 19.11.1981 | Original BR Blue | |
| 00.04.1982 | 15.04.1984 | BR Blue Large Logo Grey Roof | |
| 01.12.1985 | BR Blue Large Logo Black Roof | ||
| 00.00.1986 | 19.04.1987 | Original Network SouthEast | |
| 00.00.1987 | 08.08.1990 | Revised Network SouthEast (Light Blue) | |
| Damage / Accidents | ||||
| Preservation | |||
| Preserved By | Fifty Fund Alliance | At | Severn Valley Railway |
| Photos | |
| Standard British Rail Blue | Nameplate |
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