BR Class 08/9 - BR Railfreight Grey - 08994 Subclass_5700 proudly still wearing its charity

proudly still wearing its charity livery

for use at the East Cannock Colliery in Staffordshire

The running order was: 3rd Brake

then with Morton single shoe per wheel pattern brakes when anti-friction gear removed

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BR Class 08/9 - BR Railfreight Grey - 08994 Subclass_5700 proudly still wearing its charityEnglish 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