Last Checked or Updated
10 September 2026
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D447 | 50047 Swiftsure |
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| Photo: K. Connolly - Birmingham New St. 15/03/1977 |
| Loco Specific Information | |||
| Built By | English Electric at The Vulcan Foundry | ||
| Build Number | 3817 / D1188 | ||
| To British Rail / To Service | 05.11.1968 / 05.11.1968 | D447 | |
| TOPS Renumbered | 15.02.1974 | 50047 | |
| Time In Service | 19 years, 5 months, 8 days | 7,099 days | |
| Engine Hours | 7,343 | ||
| Nameplate | Swiftsure | Fitted | 26.05.1978 |
| First Noted Working Found | |||
| Thursday | 24 September 1970 | xxxx 08:15 Liverpool Lime Street - Glasgow Central | DH with 437 |
| Works History & Service Working (Before & After) | |||||
| 1 — Crewe Works (1968) | |||||
| 1 | |||||
| Before | |||||
| Works | Acceptance | Entry xx.xx.1968 / Release xx.11.1968 | |||
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| 2 — Crewe Works (1971) | |||||
| 2 | |||||
| Before | |||||
| Works | Light Repair | Entry Prior 19.09.1971 / Release 04.11.1971 | |||
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| 3 — Crewe Works (1974) | |||||
| 3 | |||||
| Before | |||||
| Works | Light Repair | Entry After 23.06.1974 / Release Prior 22.09.1974 | |||
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| 4 — Crewe Works (1974/5) | |||||
| 4 | Before | ||||
| Works | Intermediate | Entry 22.09.1974 / Release 26.01.1975 | |||
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| 5 — Doncaster Works (1979/80) | |||||
| 5 | |||||
| Before | |||||
| Works | Refurbishment | Entry 16.12.1979 / Release 12.05.1980 | |||
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| 6 — Doncaster Works (1984) | |||||
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| Works | Intermediate | Entry xx.xx.1984 / Release 15.06.1984 | |||
| After | |||||
| Last Passenger Duty (PD) / Last Working (LW) | |||
| PD | Friday | 08 April 1988 | 1P40 15:30 Portsmouth Harbour - Waterloo |
| LW | Friday | 08 April 1988 | 1P40 15:30 Portsmouth Harbour - Waterloo |
| Post Service | |||
| Withdrawn from Service | 08.04.1988 | ||
| Condemned (Withdrawn) | 13.04.1988 | Engine | |
| Cut Up | 05.1989 | At | Vic Berry, Leicester |
| Identification Markings & Notes |
| Allocations / Sectors | |||
| Date | Area / Depot | Depot Code | Time Spent at Depot |
| xx.11.1968 | Allocated to London Midland Stoke Division | D05 | |
| xx.05.1973 | Allocated to Crewe Diesel | CD | |
| 11.05.1974 | Reallocated to Bristol Bath Road | BR | |
| 07.04.1977 | Reallocated to Laira | LA | |
| Sector Code | Sector | ||
| 05.1987 | PXXA | Provincial | |
| Liveries | |||
| Earliest Noted | Latest Noted | Livery | Notes |
| 05.11.1968 | Original BR Blue | ||
| 07.07.1984 | 25.10.1985 | BR Blue Large Logo Grey Roof | |
| 01.02.1986 | 03.04.1987 | BR Blue Large Logo Black Roof with Orange Cantrail & Red Buffer Beams | |
| Damage / Accidents | ||||
| Photos | |
| Standard British Rail Blue | Nameplate |
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