D8007 sits in the spring sunshine at the Nottingham Transport Heritage Centre, Ruddington, 4th April 2009.
Locomotive History
D8007 is one of the original batch of twenty “Pilot Scheme” Class 20 locomotives built by English Electric. It entered traffic in September 1957 allocated to Devons Road MPD in Bow, London to work cross-London transfer freights. It remained in the London area until July 1969 when it began its migration north, first to Toton then in October 1970 to Tinsley and finally in October 1971 to north of the border to Haymarket. In October 1974 it came south again and was allocated to Immingham before moving to Tinsley in March 1975. It headed back north of the border again to Eastfield in September 1977, followed by spells at Inverness and Haymarket before returning to Eastfield. Following the national steel strike in early 1982, vacuum braked only 20007 was one of a number of class 20’s in store, due to the decline in traffic. Eventually traffic levels improved and 20007 was overhauled at Glasgow works in November 1984, fitted with air brake equipment, re-instated and allocated to Tinsley. Following spells at Toton and Bescot final withdrawal came in July 1993. Following withdrawal it was stored at MOD Kineton, Wabtec Doncaster and MOD Longtown before entering preservation at the Churnet Valley Railway in September 2002.
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