Class 20 - D8007

Current Number : D8007
Numbers Carried : D8007, 20007
Built : English Electric at Vulcan Foundry in 1957
Withdrawn from service : June 1991
Engine : EE 8SVT giving 1000hp
Top Speed : 60 MPH
Brakes : Air & vacuum brakes
Route Availability : 5

D8007 was built by the Vulcan Foundry in the earliest batch of engines commissioned for work on the London Midland Region. After a long service career in the Midlands she was fully withdrawn in June 1991, and was purchased for preservation at the Churnet Valley Railway. In 2006 she was given a full cosmetic overhaul, moving to the Midland Railway Centre at Butterley in the following year to star in the Chopperfest Event. Based at Ruddington since 2007, she remains in active service and operates at various events. BR Green with the Late Crest (half-yellow ends).