BR Class 08/9 - BR Railfreight Coal Triple Grey - 08995 ERA_NIR High Performance traction

High Performance traction

The locomotives evolved through different liveries

be used to control locomotives

unconverted Lot 3335 wagons served various departmental roles—including the light-blue Project Mercury fleet—before vacuum-braked stock was phased out in the 1990s

BR Class 08/9 - BR Railfreight Coal Triple Grey - 08995 ERA_NIR High Performance tractionEnglish 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