BR Class 08/9 - BR Railfreight Grey - 08994 - DCC Sound Livery_British Gypsum 5 formations

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In January 1978 the ten-year old locomotive become the first of the newly-minted ‘Warship’ class to be honoured with nameplates following the easing of the ridiculous embargo on new namings

Named in October 1978 and refurbished in May 1982

with all-wheel powered six-axle bogies

Enables software updates

BR Class 08/9 - BR Railfreight Grey - 08994 - DCC Sound Livery_British Gypsum 5 formationsEnglish 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