BR Class 08/9 - BR Railfreight Grey - 08994 Livery_GMPTE Designed specifically for the accurascale

Designed specifically for the accurascale Class 30 locomotive

The solebar and Mansell wheel centres also received the painted teak finish

In 2013-4 it was also seconded to Direct Rail Services for several stints on the operator’s key intermodal services

Highly-detailed OO gauge model

73963 – GBRf

BR Class 08/9 - BR Railfreight Grey - 08994 Livery_GMPTE Designed specifically for the accurascaleEnglish 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