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A Class 08 No. 08495 0-6-0 Diesel Electric Shunter 350 hp.
Based on an earlier LMS design. These locomotives were built over the period of 1952 to 1962. In total of 996 locomotives were built making it one of the most numerous locomotive classes. They were a familiar sight around stations and marshalling yards. Changes in Railway Operations gradually rendered many of them redundant with many being stored, scrapped or even sold. Around 100 are still in service with various railway operators with a further 70 on preserved railways. Built at Doncaster in 1958. No. 08495 worked at Stratford. But from 1976. It spent periods of time in store. Captured at Hitchin in 1987. I has survived into preservation on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway.