BR Class 08/9 - BR Railfreight Coal Triple Grey - 08995 Locomotive Class_Class 101 / DL brake gear

brake gear

Thames Mills was closed and transferred into the ownership of Bowaters’ Northfleet Terminals Ltd group and in 1981 412427 was donated by NTL to the fledging North Downs Steam Railway

flashing red Tail Light fitted to one outer vehicle per outer pack

Horn Position : Nose

BR Class 08/9 - BR Railfreight Coal Triple Grey - 08995 Locomotive Class_Class 101 / DL brake gearEnglish 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