BR Class 08 - BR Blue - 08910 - DCC Sound MDO originally being numbered as M53231

originally being numbered as M53231 until a conflict with DMU numbering led to British Railways renumbering the 53xxx vehicles into the 43xxx range to avoid confusion

complete with headboard

L95 was even steamed the day it arrived on the Severn Valley Railway

production was shifted to Muncie in the USA

Etched metal pre-painted nameplates

BR Class 08 - BR Blue - 08910 - DCC Sound MDO originally being numbered as M53231English 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