British Rail Class 07 - Post-BR Use

Post-BR Use

The locomotives were short-lived and this class had been withdrawn by British Rail by the end of 1977. Several were bought for industrial use and have subsequently passed into preservation. One locomotive, no. 07001, is mainline registered and is owned by Harry Needle Railroad Company (HNRC). All surviving locomotives are listed below.

• 07001 - Owned by HNRC based at Barrow Hill, and currently in use at Salford.
• 07005 - Preserved at the Great Central Railway
• 07007 - In use by Knights Rail Services Ltd at Eastleigh Works. Mainline registered in April 2008. Currently painted in Rail Blue livery.
• 07010 - Preserved on Avon Valley Railway in BR Green livery as D2994. Currently operational.
• 07011 - Privately owned at St Leonards-on-Sea. Rail Blue livery.
• 07012 - Preserved at Barrow Hill.
• 07013 - Preserved by Heritage Shunters Trust at Peak Rail. Externally restored in Rail Blue livery, but engine missing. (Now at Barrow Hill)