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

DIESEL LOCOMOTIVE - 50045 - Achilles

Region No.
WORKS No	3815/D1186
PREVIOUS No
1948 No.
1957 No.	D445
TOPS No.	50045
NAME	Achilles
CLASS No.	50
BUILDER	English Electric Vulcan Foundry
DATE IN SERVICE	1968
DETAILS	D445 1968. Oct - To D05 - Stoke Division 1973. May - To CE/CD - Crewe Diesel .B>50045 1974. Mar - Renumber 1976. Jan - To LA - Laira 1978. Apr - Named 'Achilles' 1987. Aug - Out of Use 1990. Dec - Withdrawn 1991-92 - Moved, finally to Exeter Riverside and then Booth's Yard, Rotherham 1995. Sep - Sold to Operation Collingwood 1999. Dec - Sold back to Booth's who sold it to Paul Spracklen for spares 2000. Apr - Scrapped
STATUS	Scrapped - 2000
ORGANISATION	C F Booth, Rotherham