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

DIESEL LOCOMOTIVE - 50049 - Defiance

Region No.
WORKS No	3819/D1190
PREVIOUS No
1948 No.
1957 No.	D449
TOPS No.	50049
NAME	Defiance
CLASS No.	50
BUILDER	English Electric Vulcan Foundry
DATE IN SERVICE	1968
DETAILS	D449 1968. Dec - To D05 - Stoke Division 1973. May - To CE/CD - Crewe Diesel 50049 1974. Feb - Renumber 1974. May - To BR - Bristol Bath Rd 1977. Apr - To LA - Laira 1978. May - Named 'Defiance' 50149 1987. Jul - Renumber 50049 1989. Feb - Renumber 1991. Aug - Withdrawn 1991. Nov - Sold to Class 50 Society, (later The 50 Fund Alliance) 1993. Aug - renumbered again, back to 50149 1999. Oct - moved fro Williton on West Somerset Railway to Kidderminster. Severn Valley Railway 2000. Sep - renumbered back to D449 2005. - On Long Term hire to Arriva Trains, Wales 2005. Dec- To OC - Old Oak Common 2009. Mar - To CF - Cardiff Canton 2012. Mar - To Kidderminster on Severn Valley Railway 2019. - Available to GB Railfreight on a spot hire basis 2024. Aug - Livery change to BL(BR revised blue, large logo, with Yellow Cab)
STATUS	Commercial Use
ORGANISATION	GB Railfreight