BR Class 08 - Freightliner/G&W Orange - 08785 - DCC Sound

BR Class 08 - Freightliner/G&W Orange - 08785 - DCC SoundEnglish 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

83 mm Gauge Drop-In Wheel Sets suitable for the Accurascale Class 50 locomotive

Pack of 8 Couplers

these coaches were synonymous with the East Anglian commuter traffic heading in and out of Kings Cross

and infrastructure/freight workings

With the ESU LokProgrammer

lighting functions

Etched Steel factory fitted detailing

this locomotive was given the name “Des o Brien” in memory of a GBRf colleague who passed away from Cancer

While the livery was striking enough

While this only lasted that year

seven became departmental coaches

with the ballast being removed from the wagons