D5705 - S15705

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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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