SCRAPPED Cut-up ~ EMR, Kingsbury ~ March 30th 2006 Depot ~ WQ Pool ~ WNSO Livery ~ EWS (Original)
NUMBERS
D1666 ~ March 5th 1965 47081 ~ February 1974 47606 ~ February 1984 47842 ~ February 1990 47606 ~ February 1993 47778 ~ December 1993
NAMES
D1666 ~
ODIN ~ At Cardiff Canton MPD without any ceremony
March 12th 1965
~ The first of the class to be named
47081 ~
ODIN ~ Name retained when renumbered into TOPS February 1974
~ Plates removed December 1972
~ Plates reinstated March 1974
~ Plates removed March 1978
~ Plates reinstated March 1979.
47606 ~
ODIN ~ Name retained when reclassified as 47/4 and renumbered. November 1983
~ Plates were removed in February 1990 when 47606 was repainted in Swallow livery and renumbered 47842. Reports that the plates were carried until July 1990 are unsubstantiated.
47778 ~
Irresistible ~ At Crewe Diesel TMD without ceremony following transfer to RES ownership. November 26th 1993
~ Plates removed when ownership transferred to EWS
47778 ~
Duke of Edinburgh's Award ~ At Toton, without ceremony; following transfer of ownership from RES to EWS. November 2002
~ The 3rd Class 47/7 to carry the name following 47716 and 47727 (the 'Gold Award' crests that had accompanied the nameplates when carried by 47727 were not fitted to 47778).
