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

DIESEL LOCOMOTIVE - 50040 - Leviathan

Region No.
WORKS No	3810/D1181
PREVIOUS No
1948 No.
1957 No.	D440
TOPS No.	50040
NAME	Leviathan
CLASS No.	50
BUILDER	English Electric Vulcan Foundry
DATE IN SERVICE	1968
DETAILS	D440 1968. Sep - D05 - Stoke Division 1973.May - To CE/CD - Crewe Diesel 50040 1974. Feb - Renumber 1974. May - To BR - Bristol Bath Rd 1974. May - To CD - Crewe Diesel 1976. Apr - To BR - Bristol Bath Rd 1978. Sep - Named 'Leviathan' 1980. Nov - To LA - Laira 1982. Apr - To OC - Old Oak Common 1987. May - To LA - Laira 1987. Jul - named 'Centurian' due to Non Completion of the Navy Ship Leviathan 1987. Oct - To OC - Old Oak Common 1989. May - To LA - Laira 1989. Aug - Not in Use and stored 1990. Aug - Withdrawn and stored at Laira 1991. Sep - To Tavistock Junction 1992. Jan - To Booths of Rotherham 1995. Sep - Sold to Operation Collingwood 1999 Dec - Sold back to Booth's 2000.May - Sold to Mr A Parcell of Cotswold Rail and moved to Coventry Rail Centre 2002. Mar - Sold to G Hanson 2007. Jan - Scrapping started at Coventry Rail Centre, but was stopped 2008. Jun - Moved to Sims Metal. Halesowen 2008. Jul - Scrapped
STATUS	Scrapped - 2008
ORGANISATION	Sims Metals, Halesowen