Class 04 Profile and Models
D2325 at the Mangapps Railway Museum in August 2011. ©Justin Foulger
The British Rail Class 04s were a fleet of diesel-mechanical shunting locomotives built between 1952 and 1962 to be used for shunting duties across the BR network. The class formed the basis for the later built Class 03 and were developed directly from earlier Andrew Barclay and Drewry/ Vulcan Foundry locomotive designs from the early 1940s. The class was distributed throughout the British Railways system, but the significant decline in the traffic for which they were designed resulted in a large surplus of shunting engines on the network. With this reduction in the need for shunters it was decided to standardise on the Class 03 as a light diesel-mechanical shunter and the Class 08 and 09 as larger, diesel-electric shunters, leading to the withdrawal of the class 04 engines. |
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Type of Locomotive |
Diesel-Mechanical |
Builder |
Drewery Car Co. at Vulcan Foundry and Robert Stephenson & Hawthorns |
Build Dates |
1948 (Prototype) 1952 to 1962 (Production) |
Total Built |
144 |
Tractive Effort |
15,650 to 16,850 lbf |
Power Output |
204 hp |
Top Speed |
25 to 27 mph |
Wheel Configuration |
0-6-0DM |
Operated By |
British Rail Central Electricity Generating Board National Coal Board Industrial Railways |
Main Duties |
Shunting |
In Service Until |
1971 |
Surviving Examples |
20 |
Products awaiting categorisation
Scale | Brand | Image | Construction Type | DCC Capability | Product Code | Product Title | Livery |
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OO Gauge (1:76 Scale) | Airfix | Requires assembly | Not set |
R7 View |
Drewry 204 H.P Diesel Shunter | Awaiting Categorisation | |
OO Gauge (1:76 Scale) | Dapol | Requires assembly | Unpowered |
C060 View |
Drewery Shunter diesel loco kit | Unpainted | |
N Gauge | Langley | Requires assembly | Not set |
B31Langley View |
Class 04 Drewry Diesel Shunter Body kit | Awaiting Categorisation | |
O Gauge (1:43 Scale) | Vulcan Engineering kits | Requires assembly | Not set |
VLK1 View |
BR Class 04 Drewry shunter - white metal kit | Awaiting Categorisation |