British Rail Class 45 - Preservation

Preservation

Eleven locomotives survive in preservation. A quick summary of these is as follows (a more detailed study can be found in the table above):

• 45041 - In operational condition at the Great Central Railway
• 45060 - In operational condition at Barrow Hill Roundhouse
• 45105 - Under restoration at Barrow Hill roundhouse
• 45108 - Stored at the Midland Railway – Butterley under restoration.
• 45112 - Stored at Burton on Trent. Awaiting OTMR Fitment.
• 45118 - Formerly at the Northampton & Lamport Railway
• 45125 - In operational condition at the Great Central Railway
• 45132 - Under overhaul at the Mid Hants Railway
• 45133 - In operational condition at the Midland Railway – Butterley
• 45135 - Under heavy repair at the East Lancashire Railway
• 45149 - Under restoration at the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway

A twelfth example, 45015, was also sold into preservation, but not restored. Withdrawn in March 1986 with a seized traction motor, for which repair was not authorised, 45015 was heavily cannibalised for spares to keep other Class 45s working. It remained at Toton, its home shed, until at least 1999. The locomotive was moved to Shackerstone, on the Battlefield Line Railway, in 2002, still with the intention of restoration to mainline standard, despite requiring a replacement engine to be found. In 2010 the host railway gave notice to the locomotive's owner that the still-unrestored 45015 needed to move to a new site. Having failed to find a buyer, it is likely that 45015 will be sold for scrap, although, as at November 2010, the derelict loco was still at Shackerstone.