The Class 47 List website, established 2000

Dedicated to news for the under-rated British Class 47 Locomotive.
Class 47 News page

current:

Class 47 News the latest news index, updated frequently

tours and private railways forthcoming workings for 47s and other Sulzers

preserved 47 workings - news on preserved 47s

fleet list the 47 fleet and their status at 11/01/10

archive features:

archive news - full Class 47 List archive (2000-2010) plus the ongoing project of older workings (1985-1999)

archive noticeboard - *recently* contributed archive material

2009 workings tables - index to 47 working logs, new for 2009

no-heat VXC - RfD and 'liner locos on Virgin Cross Country trains

features:

clag gallery a photographic tribute to the distinctive Sulzer exhaust

scrapyard photo's 47's in various unfortunate stages of decline

reviews of class 47 related material, online and offline
answers to frequently asked questions and some 'class 47 list' website history
links - links to other railway websites

PHOTOGRAPHY - 2000 to 2006/9 index (2007-8 are included in the relevant monthly archive news pages for those dates)

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  • Full class 47 fleet status updated to 25/07/04

  • EWS stored 47's locations and pool codes (updated 17/12/04)

  • Squad list Every remaining 47 listed with engine hours to 22/03/03

  • Class 47 fleetlist (excluding Fragonset) for 2002

  • Cross Country Class 47's Review of the 32 Class 47s that worked for Virgin XC (2000)

  • Western Region 47's Review of the seven Class 47s on hire to First Great Western (2000)

  • Winter 2004 the winters passenger 47 hauled trains - headcodes and timings to 12/12/04

  • Summer 2004 the summers passenger 47 hauled trains - headcodes and timings

  • Winter 2003/4 Passenger workings between September 2003 and 31st March 2004

  • Summer 2002 Class 47 workings at the beginning of Summer 2002

  • Virgin to Holyhead 2002 January + February 2002 (text file)

  • Summer 2001 Class 47 Working Alphabetical list of Class 47s hauled trains in summer 2001

  • Summer 2001 FGW 47 Workings Full timings for FGWS loco hauled trains in 2001

  • Winter 2001/2002 FGW 47 Workings FGW 47 diagrams

  • Winter 2001/2002 Virgin Workings 47 hauled trains on Monday's-Friday's during the winter

  • Birmingham-Nuneaton Drags Summer 2001 drag timings and train details

  • S+C drags 2003 PRESTON-CARLISLE drags

  • 2002 North West Drags Preston/ Liverpool-Crewe drags at the end of 2002

  • 2001 North West Drags Preston/ Liverpool-Crewe drags at the end of 2001

  • 1999 Summer diagrams in 1999

  • 1997 Summer Sundays a quick view of 47 diagrams in 1997

  • The Blackpool-Portsmouth Working

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