List of preserved British Rail Class 47 locomotives

A significant number of British Rail Class 47 locomotives have been preserved on heritage railways, the current total standing at 32 as of July 2024.^[1] Five locomotives (47 270, 47 580, 47 712, 47 773 and 47 828) are mainline registered and as such may operate on Network Rail. Locomotives that do not currently carry their names are shown with the name in brackets.

Preserved examples

Numbers carried (Current number in bold)					Name	Livery	Location	Owner
1500	47 401	-	-	-	North Eastern	BR Blue	Midland Railway - Butterley	The 47401 Project[2]
D1501	47 402	-	-	-	(Gateshead)	BR Green	Peak Rail	Waterman Heritage Trust[3]
D1516	47 417	-	-	-	-	BR Green	Midland Railway - Butterley	The 47401 Project[2]
D1524	47 004	-	-	-	(Old Oak Common)	BR Green	Embsay & Bolton Abbey Steam Railway	Newton Heath Diesel Traction Group
D1566	47 449	-	-	-	(Orion)	BR Blue	Llangollen Railway	Llangollen Diesel Group[4]
D1606	47 029	47 635	-	-	Jimmy Milne	BR Blue Large Logo	Epping Ongar Railway	Privately Owned
D1643	47 059	47 631	47 765	-	(Ressaldar)	BR Scotrail Blue Stripe	East Lancashire Railway	Privately owned
D1654	47 070	47 620	47 835	47 799	(Prince Henry)	Royal Train Maroon	Eden Valley Railway	Privately Owned
D1656	47 072	47 609	47 834	47 798	Prince William	Royal Train Maroon	National Railway Museum	National Railway Museum[5]
D1661	47 077	47 613	47 840	-	NORTH STAR	BR Blue	North Yorkshire Moors Railway	Diesel & Electric Preservation Group[6]
D1662	47 484	-	-	-	(Isambard Kingdom Brunel)	GWR Green	Wishaw	Pioneer Diesel Group
1693	47 105	-	-	-	-	BR Blue	Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway	Brush Type 4 Fund[7]
1705 (formerly Class 48)	47 117	-	-	-	Sparrowhawk	BR Blue	Great Central Railway	Type 1 Locomotive Company[8]
D1755	47 161	47 541	47 773	-	(The Queen Mother)	BR Green	Tyseley Locomotive Works	Vintage Trains[9]
D1762	47 167	47 580	47 732	-	County of Essex	BR Blue with Union Jack (Stratford grey roof)	Mid Norfolk Railway	Mid Norfolk Railway[10]
D1778	47 183	47 579	47 793	-	James Nightall GC	BR Blue Large Logo	The Watercress Line	Privately Owned.
D1787	47 306	-	-	-	(The Sapper)	Railfreight Distribution European	Bodmin & Wenford Railway	Bodmin & Wenford Main Line Diesel Group[11]
D1842	47 192	-	-	-	"Basil"	BR Green	Crewe Heritage Centre	Crewe Heritage Trust Limited
D1855	47 205	47 395	47 205	-	-	Railfreight Distribution triple grey	Northampton & Lamport Railway	Privately Owned
D1886	47 367	-	-	-	-	BR Blue	Mid Norfolk Railway	Stratford 47 Group[12]
D1895	47 376	-	-	-	Freightliner 1995	Freightliner Grey	Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway	Brush Type 4 Fund [7]
D1909	47 232	47 665	47 820	47 785	(Fiona Castle)	EWS	Wensleydale Railway	Harry Needle[13]
D1921	47 244	47 640	-	-	University of Strathclyde	BR Blue Large Logo	Battlefield Railway	Privately Owned
D1933	47 255	47 596	-	-	Aldeburgh Festival	BR Green	Mid-Norfolk Railway	Mid-Norfolk Railway[10]
D1945	47 502	47 715	-	-	(Haymarket)	Network SouthEast	Worksop	Rail Engineering Solutions[14]
D1946	47 503	47 771	-	-	(Heaton Traincare Depot)	Rail Express Systems	Arlington Eastleigh Works	Class 47 Preservation Project[15]
D1948	47 505	47 712	-	-	Lady Diana Spencer	BR Scotrail Blue Stripe	Crewe Diesel TMD	Crewe Diesel Preservation Group[16]
D1955	47 511	47 714	-	-		Rail Express Systems[17]	Wensleydale Railway[18]	Wensleydale Railway[18]
D1966	47 266	47 629	47 828	-	(Joe Strummer)	BR Inter-City	Carnforth MPD	Owned by the D05 Preservation Company
D1970	47 269	47 643	-	-	-	Intercity (ScotRail branding)	Bo'ness & Kinneil Railway	Owned by the Scottish Railway Preservation Society Diesel Group[19]
D1971	47 270	-	-	-	Swift	BR Blue	Carnforth MPD	Privately Owned
D1994	47 292	-	-	-	-	Variation on large logo blue	Churnet Valley Railway	Privately Owned

See also

• List of preserved British Rail diesel locomotives