Class 08 - BR Shunter - 0-6-0

• Built 1953-62 by British Rail at Crewe, Darlington, Derby, Doncaster or Horwich Works.
• Engine English Electric 6KT of 298 kW (400 hp) at 680 rpm.
• Main Generator English Electric 801.
• Traction motors - two English Electric 506.
• Maximum Tractive Effort of 156 kN (35000 lbf), Continuous Tractive Effort of 49 kN (11100 lbf) at 8.8 mph.
• Power at Rail of 194 kW (260 hp).
• Brake force 19 t.
• Design Speed 20 mph, Maximum Speed of 15 or 20 mph.
• 8.92 m over Buffers, 1372 mm Wheel Diameter.
• Weight 50 t, Route Availability (RA) index 5.

Sub Class 08/0.

Members of 08/0 class are: 08077 to 08919.

Sub Class 08/9.

Fitted with a cut-down cab and headlight for the Cwmmawr branch (South Wales). Only 3 locomotives in this sub-class - 08993, 08994 and 08995.

Class 08 Photographs.

An unidentified Class 08 in InterCity livery at Penzance station. Penzance is at the end of the Great Western line from London Paddington. 2nd November 1991.	08533 and 08627 at Colchester on the 13th August 1993.
08642 (D3809) in Black livery at Eastleigh Depot open day on the 27th September 1992.	08643 shunts at Britsol Temple Meads on the 8th April 1992.
08697 and 08441 stand at Leicester Station on the 6th September 1992.	08754 in the sun at Inverness depot on the 8th November 1992. This shunter is still allocated to the Highland Depot.
08773 and 08623 at Toton TMD on the 13th June 1993.	08800 viewed across the river near Bristol Bath Road Depot on the 28th November 1992. This shunter has since been withdrawn.
BR Blue 08830 at Westbury on the 8th April 1992. This shot clearly shows wheel details and the "Overhead Electric Wires" danger sign.	08818 and 08668 stand at Newport (Gwent), Wales. The date the 10th October 1992.
08897 pushes a brake van towards Motorail vans under the roof at Bristol Temple Meads on the 2nd February 1992.	08905 Shunting tanks at Reading Station on the 19th March 1992.
08937 at Exeter St. Davids January 1992.

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