CLASS 50 - ENGLISH ELECTRIC - DIESEL ELECTRIC TYPE 4 Co-Co

DIESEL LOCOMOTIVE - 50017 - Royal Oak

Region No.
WORKS No	3787/D1158
PREVIOUS No
1948 No.
1957 No.	D417
TOPS No.	50017
NAME	Royal Oak
CLASS No.	50
BUILDER	English Electric Vulcan Foundry
DATE IN SERVICE	1968
DETAILS	D417 1968. Apr - To LMWL - LMR Western Lines 1968. Jun - To D05 - Stoke Division 1973. May - To CE/CD - Crewe Diesel 50017 1974. Feb - Renumbered 1974. May - To BR - Bristol, Bath Rd 1974. May - To CD - Crewe Diesel 1976. Jan - To LA - Laira 1978. Apr - Named 'Royal Oak' 1991. Jul - Withdrawn 1991. Jul - Re-instated 1991. Sep - Out of Service and Withdrawn 1991. Sep - Sold, to be basesd at Crewe Heritage Centre 1996. Jun - To West Somerset Railway 1998. Jun - To Crewe then Carnforth 1998. Jul - To East Lancs Railway 1999. Sep - Re-instated HQ 2000 - - To Birmingham Railway Museum, Tyseley 2009. - Sold by Rev Dr J F Kennedy 2009. Jun - To Plym Valley Railway and purchased by Boden Rail 2014. Jul - To Washwood Heath, Birmingham 2019. Feb - Sold by Boden Rail and purchased by Great Central Railway
STATUS	Preservation
ORGANISATION	Great Central Railway