BR Class 08/9 - BR Railfreight Grey - 08994 Subclass_375/6 particularly on the steep climb

particularly on the steep climb out of Cork

where it was a key member of the operational fleet

Highly-detailed OO gauge model

A twin-pack of both KUA Nuclear flask wagons in OO

Outshopped from BREL Crewe in February 1987

BR Class 08/9 - BR Railfreight Grey - 08994 Subclass_375/6 particularly on the steep climbEnglish 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