Class 01/5

In winter 2007, some 55 small diesel locomotives were operated under the Class 015xx TOPS group. These are not thecnicly part of the Class 01 but are a collection of privet owner and ex-BR Classes which are certified by Network Rail to operate over small sections of the National Rail Networkundefined.

The largest user of the Class 01/5s are the MoD, having 17 examples at around 6 locations across the UKundefined.

Other operators include:Siemens, T J Thompson, Cleveland Potash, Barton Dock, Croft Quarry, Victa Railfreight, Lafarge Aggregates and Imerys, among othersundefined.

Some ex-BR Locomotives, such as the Class 11 and Class 14, are allocated numbers in the Class 01/5 range, these come from there industrial usage. There operation over the Network is very restrictedundefined.