DB968008 (ex D5054 - 24054)
Ex Main Line Locomotives used as ETS mobile generation units - top page
Possibly the first Class 24 to reach Penzance was DB968008. It is pictured at Ponsandane Carriage Sidings on 13th November 1976 were it was used for carriage heating duties David Plimmer
DB968008 (by then numbered ADB968008) at Newton Abbot on 23rd February 1980 Tony Willmore
Converted to ETS generating unit in 1976 for use on the Western Region. Initially it was used at Penzance before moving to Plymouth on 9th May 1977 and finally Newton Abbot in September 1977. In August 1982 it moved to the GE area of the Eastern Region. Initially it was located at Stratford before moving to Cambridge. By late December 1982 it was in store at March from where it was sold for preservation the following year.
Sightings for DB968008
| Loco | Location | Date | Seen by |
| As 24054 | Laira Depot | 05/10/1976 | RO 12/76 |
| DB968008 | Long Rock Depot Penzance | 16/10/1976 | Roger Winnen |
| DB968008 | Penzance (Ponsandane CS) | 07/11/1976 | Roger Winnen |
| DB968008 | Penzance (Ponsondane CS) | 13/11/1976 | Dave Plimmer |
| DB968008 | Penzance (Ponsandane CS) | 06/02/1977 | Roger Winnen |
| DB968008 | Laira Depot | 25/06/1977 | Edward Barnes |
| DB968008 | Laira Depot | 22/08/1977 | Peter Hall |
| DB968008 | Newton Abbot Depot | 05/03/1978 | p.187 5/78 RO |
| DB968008 | Newton Abbot Depot | 29/04/1978 | Paul Green |
| DB968008 | Newton Abbot Depot | 26/07/1978 | Mister C |
| DB968008 | Newton Abbot Depot | 31/03/1979 | p.267 7/79 RO |
| DB968008 | Newton Abbot Depot | 07/04/1979 | Paul Green |
| DB968008 | Newton Abbot Depot | 01/07/1979 | p.403 10/79 RO |
| DB968008 | Newton Abbot Depot | 24/12/1979 | Rob Stpne |
| ADB968008 | Newton Abbot Depot | 23/02/1980 | Tony Willmore |
| ADB968008 | Newton Abbot Depot | 23/02/1980 | Paul Green |
| ADB968008 | Newton Abbot Depot | 09/04/1980 | Martyn Hilbert |
| ADB968008 | Newton Abbot Depot | 21/07/1980 | Kevin Law |
| ADB968008 | Newton Abbot Depot | 14/08/1980 | Roy Hennefer |
| ADB968008 | Newton Abbot Depot | 29/11/1980 | Kevin Law |
| ADB968008 | Newton Abbot Depot | 06/06/1981 | Kevin Law |
| ADB968008 | Newton Abbot Depot (Photo) | 17/07/1981 | Rail Nov 84 page 4 |
| ADB968008 | Newton Abbot Depot (photo) | 01/08/1981 | Ian McDonald |
| ADB968008 | Newton Abbot Depot | 21/08/1981 | Roy Hennefer |
| ADB968008 | Newton Abbot Depot | 30/08/1981 | Mark Sutton |
| ADB968008 | Newton Abbot Depot | 17/11/1981 | Steve Webster |
| ADB968008 | Newton Abbot Depot | 17/08/1982 | Alan Ledwick |
| ADB968008 | Arrived at Stratford Depot | by 26/08/1982 | Ipswich Transport Society |
| ADB968008 | Entered Stratford Depot DRS | 06/09/1982 | Great Eastern Railway Society |
| ADB968008 | Stratford Depot DRS | 18/09/1982 | Alan Costello |
| ADB968008 | Departed Stratford Depot DRS | 12/10/1982 | Great Eastern Railway Society |
| ADB968008 | Stratford Depot | 16/10/1982 | Mister C research |
| ADB968008 | Moved in formation of 9G82 Thornton Fields to Cambridge | 21/10/1982 | Great Eastern Railway Society |
| ADB968008 | Cambridge Depot | 30/10/82 | Mister C research |
| ADB968008 | Cambridge Depot | 27/11/1982 | Peter Hall |
| ADB968008 | Shunted from Cambridge Carriage Sidings to Cambridge Yard | 01/12/1982 | Mister C research |
| ADB968008 | Moved Cambridge to Whitemoor Yard in morning freight headed by 37193+31218 along with ADB968013 & ADB968015 | 03/12/1982 | Mister C research |
| ADB968008 | March West Junction hauled by 31424 along with ADB968013 & ADB968015 | 16/12/1982 | Kevin Allen |
| ADB968008 | March Depot (stored) | 28/12/1982 | Steve Webster |
| ADB968008 | March Depot (stored) | 15/01/1983 | Rail May 83 Page 51 |
| ADB968008 | March Depot (stored) | 23/01/1983 | Kevin Law |
| ADB968008 | March Depot (stored) | 09/07/1983 | Kevin Law |
| ADB968008 | Toton (on route from March to Bury (East Lancashire Railway) | 11/10/1983 | Peter Martin |
| ADB968008 | arrived East Lancashire Railway | 13/10/1983 | 1/84 RO |
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