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D1015 Western Champion
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Latest News
August 2024


We are sorry to announce that the planned trip with Pathfinders 'Dorset Coast Explorer' on the 14th August 2024 has been cancelled due to pathing issues.

D1015 will be hauling Pathfinders The Mancunian Christmas Marketeer on the 7th December 2024. Please see pathfinders website for booking details and prices.

D1015 is one of seven preserved Westerns from the original 74 built by BR at Swindon and Crewe. The loco has a DTG nickname. 'The Mule'

Western Champion gained mainline certification in 2002 and has since travelled all over the UK network, hauling railtours as far as Penzance in the South and Kyle of Lochalsh in the North.

D1015 Details

Built 1963
Length 68ft 0in
Width 9ft 0in
Height 12ft 11⅞in
Weight 108 Tons
Power Unit Maybach MD655 x 2
Power Output 1,350hp at 1,500 RPM x 2
Tractive Effort 66,700 lbf Maximum
Transmission Hydraulic Voith L630rv, 3-speed x 2
Max Speed 90 MPH
Train Brake Dual Vacuum or Air
Train Heat Steam heat boiler
(currently removed, out of use)

D1015 speeds along the North Wales coastline at Llanddulas, 16th February 2008 © Darren Armstrong
See the Railtour Archive for more details and photos of Western Champion around the country.

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