The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) pioneered the use of diesel shunting locomotives in Great Britain. The variety of experimental and production diesel shunters produced by the LMS is summarised below.

LMS No. 10000 and 10001 were some of the first mainline diesel locomotives built in Great Britain. They were built in association with English Electric by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway at its Derby Works, using an English Electric …

LMS diesel shunter No. 1831 was an experimental diesel hydraulic shunter built by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) in 1931/3, which pioneered diesel shunting in the UK.

The Ivatt Diesel Re-creation Society plan to recreate, and operate 10000, the first British mainline diesel electric locomotive. The original was scrapped in 1968, before the preservation movement had started to take notice of historically important diesel locomotives.

The LMS referred to 10000 as Britain's first mainline diesel locomotive. Prior to 10000 many shunters were trialled across the UK but only one 'large' diesel locomotive is known to have been trialled on the UK mainline. Armstrong Whitworth trialled …

British Railways Class D16/1, numbers 10000 and 10001 were the first mainline diesel locomotives in Great Britain. They were built by the London Midland and Scottish Railway at it Derby Works, using the EE16SVT 1,600hp diesel engine with electric transmission, in association with English Electric and the Vulcan Foundry with whom the LMS had had ...

This was an 0-4-0 diesel mechanical shunting locomotive built by Hudswell Clarke for the Crewe Works Narrow-gauge railway in 1930. It was the first diesel locomotive supplied to a major UK railway. It had a McLaren-Benz 2-cylinder engine of 20 hp (15 kW) at 800 rpm. It was transferred to Horwich Works in 1935.

LMS diesel shunter 7050 is an experimental 0-4-0 diesel-mechanical shunting locomotive, introduced by the LMS in 1934 and which remained in service with that railway for six years and was used for dock shunting at Salford before being loaned to the Air Ministry in 1940.

ritain’s first main line diesel locomotive arrived on the scene courtesy of the LMS in December 1947. Numbered 10000 and displayed in striking black livery with a narrow aluminium band running...

The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) pioneered the use of diesel shunting locomotives in Great Britain.