Class 08
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A closer look at a battery-powered Class 08 prototype
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Trials are underway using a battery-powered Class 08. Richard Clinnick attended the launch of the locomotive at Barrow Hill.
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Here today, Gronk tomorrow – 70 years of English Electric
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To celebrate 70 years of the British Railways’ English Electric diesel electric shunters (later designated Class 08) we present a selection of images of these heroic machines.
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Chinnor & Princes ‘Gronk’ given Network SouthEast treatment
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THE Chinnor & Princes Risborough Railway has repainted Class 08 No. 08825 (D3993) in Network SouthEast’s colourful livery. This is reminiscent of No. 08600 Ivor, which was renumbered 97800 when used as the Slade Green depot shunter in the 1980s. No. 08825 is seen at Chinnor on October 15 while awaiting the application of numerals, which were expected…
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Avon Valley buys a ‘Gronk’ for £1
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THE Avon Valley Railway took delivery of fully operational Class 08 No. 08663 on July 8 – being in effect a donation from Great Western Railway (GWR). The loco has been used in recent years at GWR’s St Philip’s Marsh depot, Bristol for moving diesel multiple units and high-speed train carriages around the depot. The 350hp…
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New-build Standard 3MT moves on to Severn Valley Railway metals
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Severn Valley Railway-based new-build BR 3MT No 82045 took a major step forward last month.
