I've been doing a lot of pondering regarding Diesel and Electric locomotives, and as a result my current plan for LNER owned locomotives differs greatly compared to how it did originally (as mentioned in my previous posts). I thought it was about time I publicly revised the current locomotive designations to avoid confusion.
all locomotives are listed numerically in accordance with their power classification and representative of the fleet as of 1965, when the electrification from London to Doncaster would have been completed. whereas their classification was applied chronologically, as a result some of the classifications are a bit mixed due to more powerful locomotives being introduced before less powerful ones
Diesel locomotives:
Shunters
D1 - D2: Petrol Shunters.
D3 - D7: DES1 & DES2
D8 - D249: DES3 (YEC Janus)
D250 - D399: DES4 (Class 08)
D400 - D424: DES5 (Class 02)
Type 1 Locomotives:
D500 - D519: DEM1 (
BTH Boxcab Bo-Bo design as used by Ford Dagenham But with a Rolls Royce 640 hp DV8)
D520 - D539: DEF1 (Class 15, in later years refitted with English Electric engines)
D540 - D549: DEF2 (Class 16, in later years refitted with English electric engines)
D550 - D609: DEF4 (Class 17 fitted with Rolls Royce DV8s as with BR numbers 8586–8587)
D1005 - D1115: DEF3 (Class 20)
Type 2 Locomotives:
D1115 - D1155: DEM3 (Class 21, later rebuilt as with class 29)
D1156 - D1174: DEE2 (Class 23 Baby Deltic)
D1175 - D1322: DEM4 (Class 24/25)
Type 3 Locomotives:
D2000 - D2024: DEE1 (1-Bo-Bo-1 locomotive as per the LNER's 1947 proposal)
D2025 - D2114: DEM2 (Class 31)
D2115 - D2394: DEM7 (Class 37)
Type 4 Locomotives:
D3000 - D3099: DEM5 (Class 40)
D3100 - D3109: DEM6 (Class 41 "Warship")
D3110 - D3229: DEM8 (Class 47)
D3230 - D3379: DEM9 (GM-EMD Co-Co, as per
CIE Class 071)
D3380 - D3529: DEM10 (Alco Co-Co, as per
RENFE class 321)
D3530 - D3679: DEM11 (GE Co-Co as per
AFE class 1500 )
Type 5 Locomotives:
D4000 - D4069: DEE3 (Class 55 Deltic)
Electric locomotives:
Shunters:
E1-E2: ES1
E3-E249: ES2 (
English Electric Steeple cab)
E250-E269: ES3 (4 wheel steeple cab for shunting around small yards and engine sheds)
1000-1999hp electrics:
E1000: EE1
E1001 - E1010: EB1
E1011 - E1299: EM1
2000-2999hp electrics:
E2000 - E2099: EM2
3000-3999hp electrics:
E3000 - E3079: EE2 (Westinghouse Bo-Bo-Bo Design, as per
RENFE class 7800)
E3080 - E3229: EM3 (English Electric Co-Co design, as per
RENFE class 7700)
E3230 - E3379: EM4 (Baldwin Co-Co design, as per
NS Class 1200)
E3380-E3479: EF1 (English Electric 2-Co-Co-2 design, body styling based on the EM3 with unpowered leading/trailing bogies to provide additional braking on unfitted frieght trains)