09009 basks in some winter sunshine between duties in one of the short bay non passenger platforms at Waterloo in the days when there was sufficient loco hauled passenger trains and parcel/newspaper traffic to warrant a station pilot, 21st March 1976.
Locomotive History
09009 was built at Darlington works in 1959 as D3720 and though very similar to a class 08 shunting locomotive, the class 09 locomotives are re-geared to give a maximum top speed of 27.5 mph (44 km/h) at the expense of a lower tractive effort for Southern Region duties. It was originally allocated to Hither Green but quickly transferred to Norwood Junction (Selhurst) in 1960. Around 1971 it was fitted with dual brakes with waist level air brake fittings for coupling to Southern Region EMU stock. It would remain a Selhurst engine for most of its career until transferring to Old Oak Common in the late 1990’s. By early 2004 it was out of use at Stewarts Lane and stored on the 29th March 2004. However following repairs, it was reinstated back to traffic on the 15th April 2004, but this was short lived and on the 27th May 2004 it was again stored at Stewarts Lane. In late February 2009, 09009 was prepared for removal and on the 10th March 2009 left South London by road for Toton where it arrived later in the day. In January 2011 it was moved to CF Booth, Rotherham however it was not broken up but sold to LH Group Services who in February 2011 moved it to Barton under Needlewood for overhaul. On completion and following a short spell on the Great Central Railway (North) for “running in” it moved to Barton Dock, Trafford Park in October 2011 and entered service as one of the yard pilots.
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