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47712 Lady Diana Spencer drops off passengers at Warrington Bank Quay on its return from its inaugural run following restoration. 1Z18 1615 Edinburgh Waverley to Crewe.
47712 Lady Diana Spencer
PreviouslyD1948, 47505
Power Type Diesel Electric
Builder Brush Traction, Loughborough
Build Date August 1966
LocationCrewe Diesel Depot
Owned By Crewe Diesel Preservation Group

47712 Lady Diana Spencer

47712 Lady Diana Spencer was built by Brush Traction, Loughborough in 1966 and was originally numbered D1948. It was fitted with electric train heat equipment and renumbered 47505 under TOPS in 1973 and then in 1979, it was chosen to become part of the Scottish Class 47/7+DBSO push-pull project and emerged from Crewe Works later that year, wearing the new identity of 47712.

47712 was named Lady Diana Spencer as a result of a Radio Clyde suggestion competition won by Mr Robert Cooney. The then BRB Chairman, Sir Peter Parker, revealed the plates on April 30, 1981, at Glasgow Queen Street station. ScotRail blue-stripe livery was applied during overhaul at Crewe Works in early 1985, and was carried until overhaul at Doncaster in 1991.

Owned by the Crewe Diesel Preservation Group and currently on lease to Locomotive Services Limited.