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Surviving British Diesel and Electric Locomotives Built for Export - 1913 to 1949

The following table lists known British-built diesel and electric locomotives for export that still exist. This is based on records compiled by Glyn Thomas. This list has been compiled from many sources, including Wikipedia and other Internet sources, plus various country-specific books and works lists.

A number of challenges occurred:

  1. By it's very nature, the list is dynamic. The status of locomotives changes quickly for both 'in service' and preserved locomotives. Some parts of the world aren't regularly visited by enthusiasts so we're often depending on old visit reports.
  2. We decided to omit locomotives built by international partnerships where the British company wasn't the prime contractor. This affects some technology transfer agreements, such as Union Carriage and Wagon in South Africa, Jessops in India, and Sorefame in Portugal.
  3. We decided to omit English Electric locomotives built in their Rosslea, Australia plant and widely used in Australia.
  4. Locomotives built for British Rail and subsequently exported are only included if they weren't repatriated while servicable.
  5. At present, the list excludes most locomotives built primarily for industial service. In future this may be addressed but the situation is very complex and even more dynamic than common carrier railways.

Please send corrections or updates to borht.org@gmail.com. See also Mike Hudson's list of locomotives repatriated to the UK.

Build Year Manufacturer Works No. Wheel Arrangement Gauge Railway/ Class No/Name Country Location Owner Status Photo
1913 Drewry Car Co 526 4wDM Railcar 2' 0"   Maharajah's Car India Gwalior Jai Vilas Palace Museum Exhibit  
1915-1931 BRCW   EMU car 5' 6"   U6633 Argentina Pergamino   Museum Exhibit  
1922 English Electric 524 Bo-Bo E 3' 6"   E0-3 New Zealand Canterbury Ferrymead Railway Operational  
1924 Metropolitan Vickers   Bo-BoE 3' 6"   SEC1 Australia Bassendean WA Bassendean Museum Museum Exhibit  
1925 Leeds Forge   EMU 4' 8½" NSW C3102 Australia Redfern, NSW Transport Heritage NSW / Sydney Trains Under restoration  
1925 Leeds Forge   EMU 4' 8½" NSW C3104 Australia Bilpin, NSW Sydney Electric Train Society Stored  
1925 English Electric   Bo-BoE 3' 6" ED28 ED28 2 Japan Nishigasaki Enshu Rail In Service  
1925 English Electric   Bo-BoE 3' 6"   ED2 Japan   Yamagata Kotsu Railway Preserved?  
1925 English Electric   Bo-BoE 3' 6"   ED101 Japan   Tobu Railway Static Display  
1927 Drewry Car Co   Railcar 2' 6"   RMC1 India Kalka Indian Railways Operational  
1927 Drewry Car Co   Railcar 2' 6"   RA-100 India Kalka Indian Railways Operational  
1927 Drewry Car Co   Railcar 2' 6"   RMC3 India Kalka Indian Railways Operational  
1927 Drewry Car Co   Railcar 2' 6"   RMC4 India Kalka Indian Railways Operational  
1927 Andrew Barclay  317 0-4-0DM 3' 6"   4 Australia Bassendean WA Bassendean Museum Museum Exhibit  
1928 English Electric 723 Bo-Bo E 3' 6"   EC7 New Zealand Canterbury Ferrymead Railway Operational  
1928 Vulcan Foundry C-C E Electric 5' 6" GIPR EF/1 WCG1-20063 India Kalyan Indian Railways    
1928 Cammell Laird   EMU Power Car 5' 6"   35B India New Delhi Indian Railways Museum Exhibit  
1930 J & F Howard, England 976 0-4-0DM 3' 6" TR TR12 New Zealand   Plains Vintage Railway & Historical Museum Stored  
1930 Hawthorn Leslie, English Electric 3768/778 B+B E Metre YCG1 21901 India Tambaram Indian Railways    
1930 Hawthorn Leslie, English Electric 3767/777 B+B E Metre YCG1 21900 India New Delhi Indian Railways Museum Exhibit  
1930 Hudswell Clarke   2-6-2DH 2' 6" ex. Junin Railway, Chile Junin Great Britain Armley Mills Leeds Industrial Museum Museum Exhibit  
1931 D. Wickham &Co.   4wDM Railcar 2' 6"   RMC12 India New Delhi Indian Railways Museum Exhibit 4wDm Railcar RMC12
1933 Armstrong Whitworth   Railcar 2' 6"   14 India New Delhi Indian Railways Museum Exhibit  
1934 Ruston and Hornsby 170204 4wDM 2' 0"   Murray New Zealand Blenheim Blenheim Rilverside Railway Operational  
1934 Wickham 1646 4wDM Railcar 2' 0"   798 India Gwalior? Indian Railways Stored?  
1934 Amstrong Whitworth D43 0-4-0DM 2' 6"   500 Sri Lanka Demetagoda   Partially Restored  
1934/6 Sentinel/Wickham   Diesel Railcar (rebuilt from steam railcar) 4' 8½"   0251 Peru Tacna FC Tacna á Arica Stored  
1934/6 Sentinel/Wickham   Diesel Railcar (rebuilt from steam railcar) 4' 8½"   0252 Peru Tacna FC Tacna á Arica Stored  
1934/6 Sentinel/Wickham   Diesel Railcar (rebuilt from steam railcar) 4' 8½"   0260 Peru Tacna FC Tacna á Arica Stored  
1934/6 Sentinel/Wickham   Diesel Railcar (rebuilt from steam railcar) 4' 8½"   0257 Peru Tacna FC Tacna á Arica Operated Recently  
1934/6 Sentinel/Wickham/FCAT   Diesel Railcar (rebuilt from steam railcar) 4' 8½"   0251 Peru Tacna FC Tacna á Arica Operational  
1936 Drewry Car Co 2068 0-4-0DM 3' 6"   TR33 New Zealand Pukemiro Bush Tramway Club Stored  
1936 Hudswell Clark D599 0-4-0DM 3' 6" TR PWD2112/TR54 New Zealand Canterbury Ferrymead Railway Stored  
1936     0-4-0DM 3' 6" TR TR18 New Zealand   Pleasant Point Museum and Railway    
  Ruston & Hornsby, Boultham Works 187072 4wDM 3' 6"   48DL Australia Devonport Don River Railway Operational  
1937 Planet   0-4-0DM 2' 0"     Australia   Bennett Brook Railway Storage  
  Hibberd Planet   4wPM 2' 0" Type Y Yellow Rose Australia   Bennett Brook Railway Operational  
1937-42 Vulcan Foundry   Bogie Railcar 3' 6" Vulcan RM50 New Zealand   Plains Vintage Railway & Historical Museum Operational  
1938 Drewry Car Co   0-4-0DM 3' 6"   Tr21 New Zealand Aukland Museum of Transport and Technology Museum Exhibit  
1938 English Electric 948 Bo-2-2-2-Bo 4-car set 5' 6" ex. Sri Lanka S1 502 Germany Nuremberg   Museum Exhibit  
c.1938 Drewry Car Co   Railcar 4' 8½"   CD137 Argentina Paraná   Planned for preservation, but dumped  
1939 Drewry Car Co/ English Electric 2119/1101 Railcar 3' 6" QR DP13 Australia DownsSteam Tourist Railway & Museum, Queensland      
1939 Drewry Car Co/ English Electric 2120/1102 Railcar 3' 6"   DP14 Australia Karoola railway station      
1939 Drewry Car Co   Railcar 3' 6"   DP15 Australia Tasmanian Transport Museum      
1939 Planet   0-4-0DM 2' 0"   Planet 7 Australia   Bennett Brook Railway Operational  
1939 RSH/ Walkers   2-6-0DM 3' 6" DL-class DL1 Australia Ipswich Workshop Railway Museum Static  
1939 Drewry Car Co 2149 0-4-0DM 3' 6"   TR217 New Zealand Pukemiro Bush Tramway Club Under repair  
1939 Vulcan Foundry 4846 Bogie Railcar 3' 6" Vulcan RM51 New Zealand Canterbury Ferrymead Railway Operational  
1939 Vulcan Foundry 4851 Bogie Railcar 3' 6" Vulcan RM56 New Zealand Canterbury Ferrymead Railway Operational  
1939 Vulcan Foundry 4852 Bogie Railcar 3' 6" Vulcan RM57 New Zealand Canterbury Ferrymead Railway    
1939 Drewry Car Co   0-4-0DM 3' 6" TR TR36 New Zealand Pahiatua Pahiatua Railcar Society Stored  
1939 Drewry Car Co 2101 0-4-0DM 3' 6" TR TR22/91 New Zealand Canterbury Ferrymead Railway Operational  
1939 Drewry/ English Electric   0-4-0DM 3' 6" TR TR35 New Zealand Oamaru Oamaru Steam Under repair  
1939 Drewry Car Co 2097 0-4-0DM 3' 6" TR TR81/309 New Zealand Dunedin Ocean Beach Railway Operational  
1939 Drewry Car Co   0-4-0DM 5' 6"   DM26 Argentina Remedios de Escalada   Under Restoration  
1940 Ruston and Hornsby 202969 4wDM 2' 0"   Beaver New Zealand Blenheim Blenheim Rilverside Railway Operational  
1941 Drewry Car Co/ Vulcan Foundry 2160 0-4-0DM 4' 8½" Class 160 70033/162 Netherlands Utrecht 162 Foundation Operational? NSR 0-4-0DM 164
1941-2 Drewry Car Co/ Vulcan Foundry   0-4-0DM 4' 8½" Class 160 70041/164 Netherlands Noordwolde National Weaving Museum Static Display  
1943 Drewry Car Co   Railcar 3' 6"   DP22 Australia Don River Railway      
1943 Drewry Car Co   Railcar 3' 6"   DP24 Australia Margate Train      
1944 LMS   0-6-0DE 4' 8½" 500 Class WD70269/508 Netherlands Utrecht NSR Museum Exhibit NSR 0-6-0DE 508
1945 AEC   Petrol Railcar 3' 6"   RM32 Australia Normanton   Static Display  
1945 Dick Kerr   0-6-0DE 4' 8½" 500 Class 512 Netherlands Utrecht NSR Operational? NSR 0-6-0DE 512
1947 Drewry Car Company 2227 0-6-0D 3' 6"   VA1 Australia Queenscliff Bellarine Railway Under Restoration Motor Rail 4wDM
1947 Wickham 4550 4wDM Railcar 2' 0"   Maharajah's Car India Gwalior Jai Vilas Palace Museum Exhibit  
1947-8 Metropolitan-Vickers/ Robert Stephenson & Hawthorns 7225 Co-Co E 3' 6" 3E E201 South Africa Bloemfontein   Preserved  
  Ruston & Hornsby, Boultham Works 279571 4wDM 3' 6"   40DL Australia Devonport Don River Railway Operational  
  Vulcan Foundry 22288 / D61 0-6-0DM 3' 6"   V2 Australia Devonport Don River Railway Operational  
1948-55 Vulcan Foundry   0-6-0DM 3' 6" TGR V Class A1 Australia   Bellarine Railway    
1948-55 Vulcan Foundry   0-6-0DM 3' 6" TGR V Class V2 Australia   Don River Railway    
1948-55 Vulcan Foundry   0-6-0DM 3' 6" TGR V Class V4 Australia   Hotham Valley Railway    
1948-55 Vulcan Foundry   0-6-0DM 3' 6" TGR V Class V5 Australia   Hotham Valley Railway    
1948-55 Vulcan Foundry   0-6-0DM 3' 6" TGR V Class V7 Australia        
1948-55 Vulcan Foundry   0-6-0DM 3' 6" TGR V Class V8 Australia   Bellarine Railway    
1948-55 Vulcan Foundry   0-6-0DM 3' 6" TGR V Class V9 Australia   West Coast Wilderness Railway   0-6-0DM V9
1948-55 Vulcan Foundry   0-6-0DM 3' 6" TGR V Class V12 Australia   Puffing Billy Railway    
1948-55 Vulcan Foundry   0-6-0DM 3' 6" TGR V Class V13/ D2 Australia   West Coast Wilderness Railway    
1948-55 Vulcan Foundry   0-6-0DM 3' 6" TGR V Class V22/ D1 Australia   West Coast Wilderness Railway    
1948 Walkers, England   Railcar 5' 3"   22 RM Australia   Yarra Valley Railway Operational  
1948 Walkers, England   Railcar 5' 3"   24 RM Australia   Yarra Valley Railway Scrapped  
1948     0-4-0DM 3' 6" TR   New Zealand Waihi Goldfields Railway    
1948     0-4-0DM 3' 6" TR   New Zealand Waihi Goldfields Railway    
1948 Fowler 390014 4wDM 2' 6"     India New Delhi Indian Railways Museum Exhibit  
1948 English Electric 1485 0-6-0 DE Metre Class 15 15101 Malaysia Sungai Petani Station   Plinthed  
1948 Drewry Car Co   0-6-0DM 5' 3" 1000 Class 1002 Portugal Entroncamento National Railway Museum Museum Exhibit  
1948-52 Fordson/?   4wDM 2' 0" ex. Sternberg brickworks, Aalbeke, Belgium 2 Great Britain Bredgar and Wormshill Light Railway BORHT Static Display Motor Rail 4wDM
1949 Drewry Car Co     3' 6"   Esmae New Zealand   Bay of Islands Vintage Railway In service  
1949 Vulcan Foundry/ Drewry   0-6-0DM/H 3' 6"   No. 7 DS 207 (TMS DS94) New Zealand   Glenbrook Vintage Railway Overhaul  
1949 Fowler 1004 0-6-0DM 2' 6"     India New Delhi Indian Railways Museum Exhibit  
1949 Fowler 4200031 0-6-0DM 2' 6"   203 India New Delhi Indian Railways Museum Exhibit  


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