These shunters have performed well over the years,
they have played a crucial role in the railway
as do the rest of the fleet of locomotives, but these
never seem to be replaceable yet !!!.
There were introduced between 1953-62, and these beasts
have now almost completed there lives on the system.
Note that some shunters also have pipes at the top,
above the buffer beam. This is for EMUS and DMUS that have
them located near the cab windows (slam door stock).
The shunters that are allocated to the Eurostar sector
have the automatic eurostar connector, do not get this
confused with a buck-eye. This connector allows the eurostar
to couple and decouple without the driver shunter/secondman
leaving the cab and undoing and doing all the connector cables, and
jumpers.
Class member 08661 is recently ex-works in this shot
at Crewe Electric Depot where it was the depot pilot.
It is in the new or revised Railfreight Distribution
livery - now sadly, another piece of history with the
sale to EWS
Class member 08792 enters the Yard at Newport Godfey Road It is the old corporate BR blue livery - which looks quite dreadful when it starts to fade.
Tinsley unveiled 08679 is a new turquoise livery at the open day in 1996
Since the sale of Rail freight Distrubution to English Welsh and Scottish Railway the majority of stock will go into red and gold. Below is a picture of a class 08 in drawing form. The class 09 is not different apart from a different gear ratio.
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