Silver Jubilee Livery". Brush Type 4. Archived from the original on 8 January 2009 . Retrieved 30 April 2008. TDM/RCH specification" (PDF). Mechanical And Electrical Coupling Index. RSSB. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 October 2011. December 1983: 47299 (formerly 47216) was involved in a serious accident at Wrawby Junction in Lincolnshire, when whilst hauling an oil train, the locomotive collided with a local train resulting in the death of a passenger. It later emerged that the locomotive's renumbering was allegedly due to a warning given to BR by a clairvoyant who claimed to have foreseen a serious accident involving a locomotive numbered "47216". [ citation needed] January 1965: D1734 was severely damaged after the freight train it was hauling ran out of control near Shrewsbury, eventually demolishing a signal box. It was withdrawn two months later, becoming the first Class 47 withdrawn after a working life of only eight months. [38] Withdrawn in March 1965, it was cut up in April. [39]

Slow Speed Control". Class 58 Locomotive Group. Archived from the original on 24 July 2008 . Retrieved 15 June 2007.The British Rail Class 47 or Brush Type 4 is a class of diesel-electric locomotive that was developed in the 1960s by Brush Traction. A total of 512 Class 47s were built at Brush's Falcon Works in Loughborough and at British Railways' Crewe Works between 1962 and 1968, which made them the most numerous class of British mainline diesel locomotive. Morrison, Gavin (2011). BR Brush Class 47: 48 Years of Different Livieries. Book Law Publications. ISBN 9781907094668. OCLC 751709977. Marsden, Colin J.; Fenn, Graham B. (1988). British Rail Main Line Diesel Locomotives. Sparkford: Haynes. pp.200–211. ISBN 9780860933182. OCLC 17916362. There are 31 Class 47 locomotives in the ownership of preservationists and private railways. [35] Class 57 [ edit ]

Kerr, Fred (October 1983). "The big Brushes - part two". Rail Enthusiast. EMAP National Publications. pp.10–14. ISSN 0262-561X. OCLC 49957965. Mainline registered locomotives as of January2023 [update]. This table does not include 47375, which was exported to Hungary in 2015. [32] West Coast Railways is currently the largest operator of the type, [33] though they began scrapping their stored locomotives in January 2023. [34] OwnerIntroduction to Prototypes". Class47.co.uk. Archived from the original on 29 May 2007 . Retrieved 31 May 2007. In 2010, Twins Enterprise changed its name to '47 Brand. [8] In 2015, they dropped the "brand" in "'47 Brand." An alternative is also that one centimeter is approximately zero point zero zero eight times forty-seven inches. Conversion table inches to centimeters chart In numerology, number 47 is a combination of the vibrational energies of the numbers 4, and 7. Number 4 signifies diligence, hard work, positivity, and optimism. This number also encourages you to lay positive foundations for a better future. Number 4 also carries with it the down to earth quality, which means that your guardian angels will and are always with you. Department of Transport (29 May 1987). "Report on the Collision that occurred on 18 January 1986 at Preston" (PDF). Her Majesty's Stationery Office . Retrieved 2 April 2017.