DB968001 (exD8233)
Ex Main Line Locomotives used as ETS mobile generation units - top page
DB968001 at Kirkcaldy on 25th October 1971. Norman Blackburn
DB968001 at Haymarket Depot, Edinburgh during 1972. Bill Roberton
Converted to an ETS generating unit in 1969. Although very much associated with the GN & GE areas no sightings of it on home ground before 1973 have yet appeared. It is known to have first seen use at Neville Hill before moving to Scotland in the summer of 1971. It stayed in Scotland for just over a year and was most commonly sighted at Haymarket Depot where it is reported to have been used for staff instruction on the new Mark IId air-conditioned carriages then being introduced on East Coast Main Line services. It did also though spend some time at Craigentinny Carriage Sidings. Most notable was that in late October 1971 it was used as part of an exhibition train formed DB968001+E5694+E5695+E13571+M2821+Cinema Coach (number not known) that was used to promote to the public the new stock then being introduced. The train is known to have been exhibited at Edinburgh, Dunfermline Lower, Kirkcaldy, Dundee and Aberdeen and possibly other locations. Further details of this event would be very much welcomed.
By mid 1973 it had moved to the GN area where it remained until transferred to the GE area in 1978. By early 1983 it was out of use at Stratford depot. On 21st February 1983 it was viewed at 11:20 on the Lincoln avoiding line in a consist hauled by 31xxx and comprising ADB968001, ADB968009, 25214, 40025 and a standard 20t Brake Van en-route from Stratford to Healey Mills Yard.
ADB968001 entered preservation in 1984 and was initially located at South Yorkshire Railway then located at Chapeltown, South Yorkshire. It has been located at several different locations since.
Sightings for DB968001
| Loco | Location | Date | Seen by |
| As D8233 | Doncaster works | 21/08/1969 | Tom Dovey |
| DB968001 | Doncaster Works | 05/10/1969 | Peter Martin |
| DB968001 | Haymarket Depot | 29/06/1971 | p.283 8/71 RO |
| DB968001 | Haymarket Depot | 05/09/1971 | Bob Stone |
| DB968001 | Haymarket Depot | 27/09/1971 | RCTS RO 1/72 p10 |
| DB968001 | Haymarket Depot | 04/10/1971 | Ian Addison |
| DB968001 | Upside Dock, Kirkcaldy Station | 25/10/1971 | Ian Addison |
| DB968001 | Dundee West Goods Yard | 29/10/1971 | RO 1972 page 20 |
| DB968001 | Haymarket Depot | 01/04/1972 | Howard Bolton |
| DB968001 | Haymarket Depot | 28/05/1972 | Stuart Hookins (Class 15 Preservation Society) |
| DB968001 | Haymarket Station At 20.20 | 07/07/1972 | Bob Stone |
| DB968001 | Haymarket Depot | 08/07/1972 | Bob Stone |
| DB968001 | Haymarket Station At 20.20 | 09/07/1972 | Bob Stone |
| DB968001 | Haymarket Depot | 09/07/1972 | Bob Stone |
| DB968001 | Haymarket Depot | 23/07/1972 | Keith Gunner |
| DB968001 | Haymarket Depot | 25/07/1972 | Keith Gunner |
| DB968001 | Finsbury Park Depot | 30/12/1972 | Phil Hawkins |
| DB968001 | Finsbury Park Depot | 10/02/1973 | Phil Hawkins |
| DB968001 | Finsbury Park Depot | 17/09/1973 | Norman Preedy |
| DB968001 | Holloway Carriage Sidings | 20/10/1973 | Alan Ledwick |
| DB968001 | Finsbury Park Depot | 16/12/1973 | Keith Gunner |
| DB968001 | Finsbury Park Depot | 18/02/1974 | p.131 4/74 RO |
| DB968001 | Finsbury Park Depot | 03/03/1974 | Graham Taylor |
| DB968001 | Finsbury Park Depot | 15/04/1974 | Bob Stone |
| DB968001 | Finsbury Park Depot | 19/04/1974 | Keith Gunner |
| DB968001 | Holloway Carriage Sidings | 21/07/1974 | Lewis Bevan |
| DB968001 | Finsbury Park Depot | 16/02/1975 | Graham Taylor |
| DB968001 | Finsbury Park Depot | 04/10/1976 | Paul Green |
| DB968001 | Finsbury Park Depot | 17/11/1976 | Peter Hall |
| DB968001 | Finsbury Park Depot | 21/11/1976 | Graham Mortimore (Class 15 Preservation Society) |
| DB968001 | Bounds Green Depot | 27/11/1976 | Peter Hall |
| DB968001 | Finsbury Park Depot | 19/03/1977 | Archives (Class 15 Preservation Society) |
| ADB968001 | Finsbury Park Depot | 02/07/1977 | Tony Willmore |
| ADB968001 | Bounds Green Depot | 14/08/1977 | Malcolm Best |
| ADB968001 | Bounds Green Depot | 23/08/1977 | Peter Hall |
| ADB968001 | Finsbury Park Depot | 08/10/1977 | Julian Ogle |
| ADB968001 | Holloway carriage sidings | 12/11/1977 | Paul Green |
| ADB968001 | Holloway Carriage Sidings | 19/11/1977 | p.69 2/78 RO |
| ADB968001 | Stratford Depot | 03/06/1978 | Kevin Luke |
| ADB968001 | Stratford Depot | 03/07/1978 | Jerry Glover |
| ADB968001 | Stratford Depot | 12/08/1978 | Brian Cuttell |
| ADB968001 | Colchester Depot | 08/12/1978 | Brian Cuttell |
| ADB968001 | Colchester Depot | 10/02/1979 | Paul Green |
| ADB968001 | Colchester Depot | 11/02/1979 | p.205 5/79 RO |
| ADB968001 | Colchester Depot | 24/02/1979 | Graham Taylor |
| ADB968001 | Colchester Depot | 25/03/1979 | Kevin Law |
| ADB968001 | Colchester Depot | 22/04/1979 | Brian Cuttell |
| ADB968001 | Colchester Depot | 28/05/1979 | Andrew Dodgson |
| ADB968001 | Colchester Depot | 14/07/1979 | Brian Cuttell |
| ADB968001 | Colchester Depot | 17/07/1979 | Andrew Dodgson |
| ADB968001 | Colchester Depot | 28/07/1979 | Richard Boyd |
| ADB968001 | Colchester Depot | 14/08/1979 | Alan Ledwick |
| ADB968001 | Colchester Depot | 19/08/1979 | Brian Cuttell |
| ADB968001 | Colchester Depot | 31/08/1979 | Brian Cuttell |
| ADB968001 | Colchester Depot | 10/10/1979 | Andrew Dodgson |
| ADB968001 | Colchester Depot | 17/11/1979 | Paul Green |
| ADB968001 | Colchester Depot | 11/01/1980 | Andrew Dodgson |
| ADB968001 | Colchester Depot | 29/03/1980 | Kevin Law |
| ADB968001 | Colchester Depot | 13/04/1980 | Colin Tolley |
| ADB968001 | Colchester Depot | 28/04/1980 | RM Page 400 Aug 1980 |
| ADB968001 | Colchester Depot | 01/05/1980 | Martyn Hilbert |
| ADB968001 | Colchester Depot | 03/05/1980 | Kevin Watson |
| ADB968001 | Colchester Depot | 27/05/1980 | Andrew Dodgson |
| ADB968001 | Colchester Depot | 14/09/1980 | Mister C |
| ADB968001 | Colchester Depot | 25/09/1980 | Brian Cuttell |
| ADB968001 | Colchester Depot | 27/09/1980 | Paul Green |
| ADB968001 | Stratford Depot | 11/10/1980 | RO 01/81 |
| ADB968001 | Entered Stratford DRS | 21/10/1980 | Great Eastern Railway Society |
| ADB968001 | Departed Stratford DRS | 28/11/1980 | Great Eastern Railway Society |
| ADB968001 | Entered Stratford DRS | 02/12/1980 | Great Eastern Railway Society |
| ADB968001 | Departed Stratford DRS | 08/12/1980 | Great Eastern Railway Society |
| ADB968001 | Stratford Depot | 13/12/1980 | Kevin Davies |
| ADB968001 | Stratford Depot | 04/04/1981 | Kevin Law |
| ADB968001 | Stratford Depot | 24/05/1981 | Martin Barnsdall |
| ADB968001 | Stratford Works (Open Day) | 11/07/1981 | Edward Barnes |
| ADB968001 | Stratford Depot | 27/07/1981 | Ed Mann |
| ADB968001 | Stratford Depot | 19/09/1981 | K. Cooke |
| ADB968001 | Stratford Depot | 11/10/1981 | Archive (Class 15 Preservation Society) |
| ADB968001 | Norwich Depot | 28/10/1981 | Peter Heath |
| ADB968001 | Norwich Depot | 05/12/1981 | Paul Green |
| ADB968001 | Stratford Depot | 14/01/1982 | Rail Apl 82 Page 51 |
| ADB968001 | Stratford Depot | 04/02/1982 | Rail May 82 Page 49 |
| ADB968001 | Stratford Depot | 20/06/1982 | Rail-Online.co.uk (photo) |
| ADB968001 | Stratford Depot | 15/08/1982 | Kevin Law |
| ADB968001 | Stratford Depot | 10/09/1982 | Graham Causer |
| ADB968001 | Stratford Depot | 18/09/1982 | Alan Costello |
| ADB968001 | Stratford Depot | 13/11/1982 | Steve Webster |
| ADB968001 | Stratford Depot | 15/12/1982 | Rail Mar 83 Page 45 |
| ADB968001 | Stratford Depot | 29/12/1982 | Kevin Law |
| ADB968001 | Stratford Depot | 22/01/1983 | Kevin Law |
| ADB968001 | Stratford Depot | 12/02/1983 | Guy Vincent |
| ADB968001 | Lincoln Avoiding Line | 21/02/1983 | Steve Webster |
| ADB968001 | Healey Mills Yard (stored) | 26/02/1983 | R. Sanders |
| ADB968001 | Healey Mills Yard (stored) | 19/03/1983 | Mark Cook |
| ADB968001 | Healey Mills Yard (stored) | 23/04/1983 | Howard Bolton |
| ADB968001 | Healey Mills Yard (stored) | 15/05/1983 | Peter Birchill |
| ADB968001 | Healey Mills Yard (stored) | 03/07/1983 | Kevin Allen |
| ADB968001 | Healey Mills Yard (stored) | 16/10/1983 | Rail Mar 1984 page 17 |
| ADB968001 | Healey Mills Yard (stored) | 13/01/1984 | Rail Sep 1984 Page 29 |
| ADB968001 | Healey Mills Yard (stored) | 13/01/1984 | Paul Green |
| ADB968001 | Healey Mills Yard (stored) | 26/02/1984 | Simeon Gaskell |
| ADB968001 | Healey Mills Yard (stored) | 15/04/1984 | Roy Hennefer |
| ADB968001 | Healey Mills Yard (stored) | 27/04/1984 | Lawrie Bowles |
| ADB968001 | Healey Mills Yard (stored) | 26/06/1984 | Gavin Morrison |
| ADB968001 | Healey Mills Yard (stored) (Purchased by Class 15 Society) | 18/07/1984 | Rail Sep 1984 Page 23 |
| ADB968001 | Healey Mills Yard (stored) | 22/07/1984 | Simeon Gaskell |
| ADB968001 | Healey Mills Yard (stored) | 11/08/1984 | Guy Tritton |
| ADB968001 | South Yorkshire Railway, Chapeltown | 04/11/1984 | Les Nixon |
| ADB968001 | East Lancashire Railway, Bury | 09/04/1988 | Ian Dobson (Class 15 Preservation Society) |
| ADB968001 | Mangapps Farm Railway Museum | 21/01/1990 | Peter Hall |
| ADB968001 | Crewe Heritage Centre | 05/04/1994 | Ian Dobson (Class 15 Preservation Society) |
| ADB968001 | Crewe Heritage Centre | 30/03/1996 | Brian Cuttell |
| ADB968001 | Crewe Heritage Centre | 14/08/2000 | Ian Dobson (Class 15 Preservation Society) |
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