BR Class 08 - Freightliner Green - 08585 'Vicky' Wagon Type_Fertiliser Wagon which finally saw the locomotive

which finally saw the locomotive named

Hunslet Engine 3796 was completed in 1953 to the wartime Austerity design

While 1987 brought sad news with the first three examples switched off

to a blackened 00 gauge RP25-88 profile

CAWD 92746

BR Class 08 - Freightliner Green - 08585 'Vicky' Wagon Type_Fertiliser Wagon which finally saw the locomotiveEnglish 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