BR Class 08/9 - BR Railfreight Coal Triple Grey - 08995 Coach Type_FK Works on DC Power

Works on DC Power

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In 2016 it had a brush with export as DB lined it up for a transfer to Eastern Europe

BR Class 08/9 - BR Railfreight Coal Triple Grey - 08995 Coach Type_FK Works on DC PowerEnglish 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