D5705 - S15705
RTC Main Line Locomotives 1968 - 1978 - top page
Railway Magazine Mobile Adhesion Testing article
D5705 arrived at the Railway Technical Centre (RTC), Derby in the Autumn of 1968 having been taken out of service at Carlisle Kingmoor that September. Renumbering to S15705 took place in early 1969. It does appear that S15705 was initially quite active on test trains although sightings were rarely reported. During the Summer of 1972 S15705 was regularly used on the Tribometer Train before being replaced by D5901 later that year. The Tribometer Train first saw use during 1972 and was used for Mobile Adhesion Testing. The Railway Magazine have given permission for their Mobile Adhesion Testing article from the June 1973 edition to be incuded in this dilemma. After use on the Tribometer Train during 1972 S15705 does not appear to have moved from Derby, being regularly observed in the RTC sidings. It left for a new life on the Western Region on 18th September 1974.
Please submit any sightings you may have made of D5705/S15705 from the Autumn of 1968 until the Autumn of 1974 to Peter Hall. Those of it working test trains in its early RTC years will be of particular interest.
Sightings for D5705
Loco | Location | Date | Seen by |
S15705 | East Leake | 00/04/1969 | David Ford |
S15705 | Derby | 10/08/1969 | Brian Cuttell |
S15705 | Derby | 01/03/1970 | Brian Cuttell |
S15705 | Derby Works Yard | 10/04/1970 | Rob Stpne |
S15705 | Derby RTC | 11/04/1970 | Stewart Hookins |
S15705 | Derby RTC | 26/07/1970 | Brian Cuttell |
S15705 | St.Albans (test train) | 25/02/1972 | p.280 5/72 RM |
S15705 | Derby RTC | 12/04/1972 | Paul Green |
S15705 | Derby RTC | 30/05/1972 | Paul Green |
S15705 | Derby (+EMU 2001) | 03/06/1972 | p.497 9/72 RM |
S15705 | Wolverhampton | 19/06/1972 | p.320 9/72 RO |
S15705 | Wolverhampton | 26/06/1972 | p.320 9/72 RO |
S15705 | Derby RTC | 01/07/1972 | Robert Mullins |
S15705 | Derby RTC | 09/07/1972 | Paul Green |
S15705 | Wolverhampton | 10/07/1972 | p.320 9/72 RO |
S15705 | Derby RTC | 16/07/1972 | Paul Green |
S15705 | Kettering (Tribometer train) | 15/08/1972 | Clive Field |
S15705 | Derby Works (open day) | 26/08/1972 | derbysulzers.com |
S15705 | Derby Works | 03/09/1972 | Stewart Hookins |
S15705 | Derby RTC | 07/10/1972 | Phil Bell |
S15705 | Derby RTC | 11/02/1973 | Paul Green |
S15705 | Derby RTC | 18/02/1973 | Phil Bell |
S15705 | Derby RTC | 24/02/1973 | Phil Bell |
S15705 | Derby RTC | 08/04/1973 | Stewart Hookins |
S15705 | Derby RTC | 20/05/1973 | Stewart Hookins |
S15705 | Derby RTC | 20/05/1973 | Paul Green |
S15705 | Derby RTC | 23/06/1973 | Paul Green |
S15705 | Derby RTC | 30/07/1973 | Paul Green |
S15705 | Derby RTC | 05/08/1973 | Stewart Hookins |
S15705 | Derby RTC | 13/08/1973 | Paul Green |
S15705 | Derby Holding Sidings | 25/08/1973 | A Ledwick |
S15705 | Derby RTC | 25/08/1973 | Paul Green |
S15705 | Derby RTC | 16/09/1973 | Guy Tritton |
S15705 | Derby | 04/12/1973 | Brian Cuttell |
S15705 | Derby RTC | 05/01/1974 | Brian Cuttell |
S15705 | Derby | 06/05/1974 | Brian Cuttell |
S15705 | Derby RTC | 04/08/1974 | Peter Hall |
S15705 | Derby RTC | 21/08/1974 | Paul Green |
S15705 | Derby RTC | 31/08/1974 | Peter Hall |
S15705 | Derby RTC | 31/08/1974 | Paul Green |
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