page_title: British Rail Class 57
section_title: Direct Rail Services
hierarchical_section_title: British Rail Class 57 / Current operators / Direct Rail Services
caption_attribution_description: English: Direct Rail Services' 57304 Pride of Cheshire at Crewe.
context_page_description: The Class 57 diesel locomotives were re-manufactured from Class 47s by Brush Traction of Loughborough between 1998 and 2004. The locomotives were fitted with re-conditioned EMD engines and the same model of traction alternator as that fitted to the Class 56.
context_section_description: Direct Rail Services currently operate nine class 57/0s—comprising 57002-57003 and 57007-57012, leased from Porterbrook, and 57004, purchased outright as an insurance replacement for 37515 in 2008. DRS took 57302, 57305 and 57309 from Porterbrook in April 2012 on a three-year lease. Since December 2012, Direct Rail Services have provided locomotives for Virgin Trains. Another three class 57/3s were leased as part of the deal, however, two of these are now in warm storage. In July 2014, DRS took over the leases of the remaining six class 57/3s from Network Rail.
  The 57s are used on the Rail Head Treatment Train (RHTT) during the autumn periods. DRS hires out some of the non-Thunderbird 57/3s to Great Western Railway to cover when the Class 57/6s break down. 
  57307 Lady Penelope kept her nameplate after being handed to DRS in 2013 as 57307 was a favorite with the head of DRS. 57307 was out shopped in "Cable Thieves: We're Watching You" vinyls. In 2015, to mark the 20th anniversary of DRS, 57307 was chosen to carry the anniversary livery. She was vinyled at Carlisle Kingsmoor DRS depot during the open day to mark 20 years of the company.
  There are six members of class 57/3 that still have Dellner couplings fitted in order to rescue Pendolinos and Super Voyagers, these being:
  57302 Chad Varah
  57304 Pride of Cheshire
  57307 Lady Penelope
  57308 Jamie Ferguson
  57309 Pride of Crewe
  57311 Thunderbird
  The remaining four can be seen at Rugby, Crewe and Carlisle on the West Coast Main Line.
caption: DRS 57304 at Crewe
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