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{{Short description|DieselBritish diesel-electric railway locomotive used in Great Britain}}
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{{Infobox locomotive
|name = Derby Type 4<br />British Rail Class 45
|powertype = Diesel-electric
|image = BR Class 45 on passenger train at Loughborough, July 1975.jpg
|caption = 45054A headsClass 45 south fromof [[Loughborough railway station{{rws|Loughborough]] on the [[Midland Main Line]] with a train for [[St Pancras railway station|London St}} Pancras]],in July 1975
|nicknames = Peak
|builder = [[British Railways]]' [[Derby Works]] and [[Crewe Works]]
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The Class 45s became the main traction on the [[Midland Main Line]] from 1962, and their introduction allowed considerable acceleration of the previous steam-powered service. The Class 45s remained the main source of power on the Midland Main Line up to 1982, when they were relegated to secondary services following introduction of [[InterCity 125|HSTs]] on the route. From 1986 Class 45s virtually disappeared from the line.<ref>{{cite book|title=Rail Portfolios No. 14: The 'Peaks' - Second Series|first=A. Wyn|last=Hobson|publisher=Ian Allan|year=1991|isbn=9780711019416|oclc=59841862}}</ref>{{page needed|date=March 2021}} From the early 1980s until their withdrawal c.{{circa|1988}}, the class were regular performers on the North Trans-Pennine line working services from [[Liverpool Lime Street railway station|Liverpool Lime Street]] to [[York railway station|York]], [[Scarborough railway station|Scarborough]] or [[Newcastle railway station|Newcastle]] via [[Manchester Victoria railway station|Manchester Victoria]], [[Huddersfield railway station|Huddersfield]] and [[Leeds railway station|Leeds]]. These trains were usually formed of early [[British Railways Mark 2|Mark 2]] carriages, of up to seven in a typical train.
 
==Accidents and incidents==
 
* On 6 December 1963 a freight train hauled by D94 passed at least two stop signals and collided with a goods train which was crossing the line at [[Stanton Gate railway station]] under clear signals. The front end of D94 was almost totally destroyed, causing the deaths of the driver and second man.<ref name="StantonGateCrash">{{cite news |title=Stanton Gate railway crash: 50th anniversary marked |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-25201015#share-tools|access-date=15 July 2020|work=BBC News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |date=September 1964|title=Collision at Stanton Gate LMR |magazine=Modern Railways |publisher=Ian Allan |location=Shepperton |volume=XX |page=208 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=6 December 1966|title=Stanton Gate Accident|url=https://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/docsummary.php?docID=1073}}</ref>
* On 26 August 1976 locomotive No; 45 149, while hauling a coal train, derailed near Winchcombe due to 'unusual' activity on the line.{{clarify|date=August 2023}}
* On 16 January 1982, locomotive No. 45 074 was hauling a freight train that was derailed at [[Chinley]], [[Derbyshire]].<ref name="Earnshaw5">{{cite book |last=Earnshaw |first=Alan |title=Trains in Trouble: Vol. 5 |year=1989 |publisher=Atlantic Books |location=Penryn |isbn=0-906899-35-4 |page=3 }}</ref>
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| data-sort-value="1986-03" | 03/1986
|ScrappedStill atin [[Battlefieldderelict Linecondition Railway|Theat the Battlefield Line]] (11/2021As of May 2024)
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| data-sort-value="15" | D15
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|45132
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|data-sort-value="1987-05-11-09-39" | 09:39 on 11/05/ May 1987
|Preserved at [[Epping Ongar Railway]]
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|45119
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| data-sort-value="1987-05-07" | 07/05/7 May 1987
|Scrapped at MC Metals Glasgow (04/1994)
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|45117
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| data-sort-value="1986-05-12" | 12/05/ May 1986
|Scrapped at Vic Berry Leicester (02/1987)
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| data-sort-value="1987-05-10" | 10/05/ May 1987
||Preserved at [[Midland Railway – Butterley]] Owned by the Class 45/1 Preservation Society
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|45147
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| data-sort-value="1985-01-04" | 04/01/4 January 1985 due to damage in Salford accident 4 December 1984
|Scrapped at Patricroft by Vic Berry Leicester (03/1985)
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||45041
||''[[Royal Tank Regiment]]''<ref name="1974IAC" />
| data-sort-value="1988-06-08" | 08/06/8 June 1988
||Preserved at [[Midland Railway – Butterley]] Owning group Peak Locomotive Company
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||45112
||''[[Royal Army Ordnance Corps|The Royal Army Ordnance Corps]]''<ref name="1974IAC" />
| data-sort-value="1987-05-07-14-43" | 14:43 on 07/05/7 May 1987
||Main Line Operational
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|45143
|''[[5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards]]''<ref name="1974IAC" />
| data-sort-value="1987-05-07-14-43" | 14:43 on 07/05/7 May 1987
|Scrapped at MC Metals Glasgow (03/1994)
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|45111
|''[[Grenadier Guards]]man''<ref name="1974IAC" />
| data-sort-value="1987-05-07-14-43" | 14:43 on 07/05/7 May 1987
|Scrapped at MC Metals Glasgow (04/1992)
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|45146
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| data-sort-value="1987-04-07" | 07/04/7 April 1987
|Scrapped at MC Metals Glasgow (03/1992)
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||45118
||''[[The Royal Artillery]]man''<ref name="1974IAC" />
| data-sort-value="1987-05-08" | 08/05/8 May 1987
||Preserved; stored at Loram Derby
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| data-sort-value="77" | D77
|45004
|''[[Royal Irish Fusiliers|Royal Irish Fusilier]]''<ref name="1974IAC">{{cite book |last1=Williams |first1=Alan |last2=Percival |first2=David |title=British Railways locomotives and other motive power |date=1974 |publisher=Ian Allan Ltd |location=Shepperton |pages=46-4846–48}}</ref>
| data-sort-value="1985-12" | 12/1985
|Scrapped at MC Metals Glasgow (11/1988)
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|45150
|''Vampire'' (unofficial name)
| data-sort-value="1988-02-04-10-40" | 10:40 on 04/02/4 February 1988
|Scrapped at MC Metals Glasgow (12/1991)
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|45113
|''Athene'' (unofficial name)
| data-sort-value="1988-08-02" | 02/08/2 August 1988
|Scrapped at MC Metals Glasgow (03/1990)
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|45141
|''Zephyr'' (unofficial name)
| data-sort-value="1988-08-04" | 04/08/4 August 1988
|Scrapped at MC Metals Glasgow (03/1992)
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| 45105
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| data-sort-value="1987-05-11-16-25" | 16:25 on 11/05/ May 1987
| Preserved at [[Barrow Hill Engine Shed|Barrow Hill]]
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|45127
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| data-sort-value="1987-05-07-14-43" | 14:43 on 07/05/7 May 1987
|Scrapped at Crewe Works by J&S Metals (03/1994)
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|45136
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| data-sort-value="1987-05-07-14-43" | 14:43 on 07/05/7 May 1987
|Scrapped at MC Metals Glasgow (03/1992)
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||45135
||''[[3rd Carabiniers|3rd Carabinier]]''<ref name="1974IAC" />
| data-sort-value="1987-03-09" | 09/03/9 March 1987
||Preserved at [[East Lancashire Railway]]
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|45106
|''Vulcan'' (unofficial name)
| data-sort-value="1989-02" | 15:19 on 27 July 1988, reinstated 04/08/4 August 1988. Finally withdrawn 02/1989 after catching fire on 07:12 Derby to St Pancras 3 February 1989
|Scrapped at [[CF Booth]], [[Rotherham]] (04/1992)
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|45129
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| data-sort-value="1987-06-11" | 11/06/ June 1987
|Scrapped at Vic Berry Leicester (12/1988)
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|45128
|''Centaur'' (unofficial name)
| data-sort-value="1989-04" | 02/08/2 August 1988. reinstated 02/1989 but not used after failed load test then finally withdrawn 04/1989. Reinstated to haul two railtours which had a class 45 booked for haulage, after 45106 caught fire and was withdrawn.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=|magazine=Motive Power Monthly|date=April 1989}}</ref>{{page needed|date=March 2021}}
|Scrapped at MC Metals Glasgow (03/1992)
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|45103
|''Griffon'' (unofficial name)
| data-sort-value="1988-08-02" | 02/08/2 August 1988
|Scrapped at MC Metals Glasgow (03/1990)
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|45130
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| data-sort-value="1987-05-10" | 10/05/ May 1987
|Scrapped at MC Metals Glasgow (03/1992)
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||45108
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| data-sort-value="1987-08-04-11-27" | 11:27 on 04/08/4 August 1987
||Preserved at [[Midland Railway – Butterley]] Owning group Peak Locomotive Company
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| 45125
| ''Leicestershire & Derbyshire Yeomanry'' (name only carried in preservation)
| data-sort-value="1987-05-07-14-43" | 14:43 on 07/05/7 May 1987. Rescued from MC Metals during the late 1980s and early 1990s<ref>{{cite web |last1=Butcher |first1=Shannon |title=DERBY TRAINMAN: '45' NOT OUT |url=https://www.railexpress.co.uk/3315/derby-trainman-45-not-out/ |website=Rail Express |date=21 January 2020 |publisher=Mortons Media Group Ltd. |access-date=21 January 2020}}</ref>
| Preserved at [[Great Central Railway (preserved)|Great Central Railway]]
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|45131
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| data-sort-value="1986-09-03-16-00" | 16:00 on 03/09/3 September 1986
|Scrapped at Vic Berry Leicester (11/1988)
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|45148
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| data-sort-value="1987-02-11-11-43" | 11:43 on 11/02/ February 1987
|Scrapped at MC Metals Glasgow (04/1992)
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* 45041 – In operational condition at the [[Nene Valley Railway]]<ref>[https://nvr.org.uk/article.php/16/locomotive-department Diesel Locomotives in Service] Nee Valley Railway</ref>
* 45060 – Undergoing engine overhaul at [[Barrow Hill RoundhouseEngine Shed]]
* 45105 – Undergoing restoration at [[Barrow Hill RoundhouseEngine Shed]]
* 45108 – In operational condition on loan at the [[East Lancashire Railway]]
* 45112 – Stored at [[Nemesis Rail]], [[Burton upon Trent]]
* 45118 – Under overhaul at [[BarrowCrewe HillDiesel RoundhouseTMD]]
* 45125 – In operational condition at the [[Great Central Railway (heritage railway)|Great Central Railway]]
* 45132 – Under overhaul at the [[Epping Ongar Railway]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.eorailway.co.uk/enthusiasts/rolling-stock/diesel-locomotives/#45132 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171111163650/http://www.eorailway.co.uk/enthusiasts/rolling-stock/diesel-locomotives |archive-date=11 November 2017 |title=Diesel Locomotives}}</ref>
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* 45149 – In operational condition at the [[Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway]]
 
A twelfth example, 45015, was also sold into preservation, but not restored. Withdrawn in March 1986 with a seized traction motor, for which repair was not authorised,<ref>{{cite web |title=45 015 – A Potted History |url=http://www.45015.org.uk/45015Bkgd.htm |publisher=The 45015 Fund |access-date=29 March 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120321213135/http://www.45015.org.uk/45015Bkgd.htm |archive-date=21 March 2012 |url-status=dead |df=dmy }}</ref> 45015 was heavily cannibalised for spares to keep other Class 45s working. It remained at [[Toton TMD|Toton]], its home shed, until at least 1999.<ref>{{cite web cn|title=45015 – Toton Training Compound – 18-06-99 |url=http://www.wnxx.com/gallery/45/totontrainingcompound180699slazenby.html |work=(Photo of withdrawn loco – S Lazenby) |publisher=wnxx.com |access-date=29 March 2011 2024|archive-urlreason=https[[WP://web.archive.org/web/20110724163618/http://www.wnxx.com/gallery/45/totontrainingcompound180699slazenby.html |archive-date=24 July 2011 |url-status=dead |df=dmy UGC]]}}</ref> The locomotive was moved to Shackerstone, on the [[Battlefield Line Railway]], in 2002, still with the intention of restoration to mainline standard, despite requiring a replacement engine to be found.<ref>{{cite web |title=45 015 – Frequently Asked Questions |url=http://www.45015.org.uk/45015FAQ.htm |work=(...concerning intention of restoration) |publisher=The 45015 Fund |access-date=29 March 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120321213207/http://www.45015.org.uk/45015FAQ.htm |archive-date=21 March 2012 |url-status=dead |df=dmy }}</ref> In 2010 the host railway gave notice to the locomotive's owner that the still- unrestored 45015 needed to move to a new site. Having failed to find a buyer, 45015 was scrapped.<ref>{{cite web cn|title=45015 Shackerstone 13/11/10 – R Beale |url=http://www.wnxx.com/lists/graphics/45015.htm |work=(Photo of derelict locomotive) |publisher=wnxx.com |access-date=29 March 2011 2024|archive-urlreason=https://www.webcitation.org/5xXyLj0Cm?url=http://www.wnxx.com/lists/graphics/45015.htmWNXX |archive-date=29 March 2011 |date=13 November 2010 |url-status=dead |df=dmyis [[WP:UGC]]}}</ref><!-- Apparently sold for scrap in June 2010: http://www.wnxx.com/news/archive/2010/1006.htm Actually still unmoved as of 14 March 2011, according to http://www.wnxx.com/lists/class45.htm -->
 
==Model railways==
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* {{cite book|title=The Heyday of the Peaks|first=Gavin|last=Morrison|publisher=Ian Allan|year=2005|isbn=9780711030572|oclc=57575548}}
* {{cite book|title=Book of the Peaks|first=Norman E.|last=Preedy|publisher=Peter Watts|year=1982|isbn=9780906025314|oclc=810796496}}
* {{cite book|url=http://www.barrowmoremrg.co.uk/BRBDocuments/Locos/Book_no_100_N1_web.pdf|title=Vehicle Diagram Book No. 100 for Main Line Diesel Locomotives|workvia=Barrowmore MRG|publisher=British Railways Board|location=Derby|date=October 1984|pages=25–26, 37, 106–107 (per pdf)}}
*{{cite book
|first1=Brian |last1=Webb
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==External links==
{{commons category|British Rail Class 45}}
* [http://davestraintravels.fotopic.net/c494555_1.html Photos of Class 45s in action from 1970s to withdrawal and in preservation]{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
* [http://www.45133.co.uk www.45133.co.uk]
 
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