BR Class 10 - BR Black - 13146 accurascale Bauxite livery

Bauxite livery

Fully sprung buffers

with loads

The unlikely story of the return to glory of 37716 and four of its compatriots from European exile and almost certain scrapping is still remarkable almost a decade a half since they were repatriated in August 2012

wooden cab roof was retained

BR Class 10 - BR Black - 13146 accurascale Bauxite liveryEnglish Electrics 1934 diesel electric shunter No. 7079 for the LMS proved highly successful and led to further orders across all the Big Four railways. Its lineage fed directly into British Railways push, after 1948 nationalisation, to create a standardised large shunting locomotive. Drawing heavily on the LMS 350 hp design but incorporating improvements and flexibility for different engines and electrical equipment, the resulting BR standard 0 6 0