British Rail Class D3/9

The British Rail Class D3/9 was a small class of four diesel-electric shunting locomotives built by the London and North Eastern Railway at its Doncaster Works in England. Completed from 1944, they were numbered 15000 to 15003 under British Railways and were an early step in diesel shunting on the British main-line network. Five locomotives were originally planned, but only four were finished as D3/9; the fifth had its frames moved and became the one-off Class D3/14. The four worked yards and depots mostly on the eastern side of Britain, including Stratford, Temple Mills, Goodmayes and March, and later Crewe, and they could also serve as mobile power stations if required. They were withdrawn in the 1960s and all four had been broken up by 1968.