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Encyclopedia > British Rail Class 08
D3312 at King's Cross, 1963 in British Railways' green livery
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D3312 at King's Cross, 1963 in British Railways' green livery
08 910 at Carlisle, 1975 in British Rail blue livery.
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08 910 at Carlisle, 1975 in British Rail blue livery.
08798 at Wembley Yard, 31 July 2004.
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08798 at Wembley Yard, 31 July 2004.
08804 at Didcot Parkway on 4 August 2005. Note the BR arrow.
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08804 at Didcot Parkway on 4 August 2005. Note the BR arrow.
A dilapidated 08 911 at the National Railway Museum - York, October 2005
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A dilapidated 08 911 at the National Railway Museum - York, October 2005

The British Rail Class 08 is a class of diesel locomotive designed for shunting. It was the standard BR diesel-electric shunter, based on the LMS 12033 series (later TOPS Class 11). Production started in 1953 and when it finished in 1962, the class had become the most numerous of all British classes, numbering 1193 in total. Since their introduction rail freight has primarily moved to fixed-rake bulk freight traffic and intermodal freight operations which reduce or remove the need for shunting. Therefore only a few class 08 locomotives remain in service today. ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (1000x701, 171 KB) Summary Later class 08 © Max Batten http://www. ... ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (1000x701, 171 KB) Summary Later class 08 © Max Batten http://www. ... 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1963 calendar). ... 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A switcher (the general United States usage; common British terminology is shunter, while the Pennsylvania Railroad used shifter) is a small railroad locomotive intended not for moving trains any great distance but rather for assembling a train ready for a road locomotive to take over, disassembling a train that has... The Total Operations Processing System, better known by its initials TOPS, is a computer system for managing the locomotives and rolling stock (railroad cars) owned by a rail system. ... British Rail Class 11 was applied to a batch of locomotives built from April 1945 to December 1952, based on a similar earlier batch. ... 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1953 calendar). ... Intermodal is a term that refers to more than one mode of transport. ...

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Overview

The locomotives were built at the BR Works of Crewe, Darlington, Derby and Doncaster. Crewe railway works was set up, beginning in 1840 by the Grand Junction Railway in the town of Crewe, in the county of Cheshire, in the north west of England. ... British Rail Engineering Limited (BREL) Derby consisted of two separate works; Derby Loco works, and Derby Carriage and Wagon works. ... The Flying Scotsman has come home. Photo taken at the Doncaster Works 150th Anniversary July 2003 Doncaster works plate. ...


The Class became sub-class 08/0, when locomotives from the class were given cut-down cabs for use on the Cwm Mawr Line, and became Class 08/9.


The engine is an English Electric (EE) 6 cylinder, 4-stroke, 6KT. Traction motors are 2 x EE 506 motors with double reduction gear drive. The main generator is an EE 801. English Electric was a 20th century British industrial manufacturer with a base in electric motors that expanded to include railway locomotives and aviation before eventual inclusion as part of GEC. // History The English Electric Company was formed in 1918 and, during that year and 1919, acquired control of Dick, Kerr... A motor is a device that converts energy into mechanical power, and is often synonymous with engine. ... Electrical generator Generator (Mathematics) ...


Design variations

There were variations on the basic design, which were given the following TOPS design codes:

TOPS design code Electrical system Max speed Power Brakes Route availability Notes
08-0AV 90V 20 mph 49.8 te (496 kN) vacuum 5
08-0BX 110V 20 mph 50.4 te (502 kN) dual 5
08-0CA 90V 20 mph 49.6 te (494 kN) air 5
08-0DV 90V 15 mph 49.8 te (496 kN) vacuum 5
08-0BX 90V 15 mph 50.4 te (502 kN) dual 5
08-0FA 90V 15 mph 49.6 te (494 kN) air 5
08-0KX 110V 15 mph 50.4 te (502 kN) dual 5
08-0LX 110V 15 mph 50.4 te (502 kN) dual 5 Scharfenberg adapter fitted
08-0MA 110V 15 mph 49.8 te (496 kN) air 5
08-0NA 90V 15 mph 49.8 te (496 kN) air 5 fitted with knuckle couplings
08-0PA 90V 15 mph 51 te (508 kN) air 6 fitted with knuckle couplings
08-0QA 90V 15 mph 51 te (508 kN) air 6 fitted with knuckle couplings
08-0RA 110V 15 mph 51 te (508 kN) air 6 fitted with knuckle couplings
08-0SA 110V 15 mph 49 te (488 kN) air 6

Class 08/9

Class 08/9 locomotives were modified from the standard class by being given headlights and cut-down cabs in which the overall height was reduced to 11’ 10” (3.61 m), for use on the Burry Port and Gwendraeth Valley Railway up to Cwm Mawr. This 21-mile long railway was progressively opened between 1859 and 1891 as a coal carrier largely on the route of a earliercanal. ...

  • 08-9AV 90 V electrical system, 15 mph, 49.8 te (496 kN), vacuum brakes
  • 08-9CX 90 V electrical system, 15 mph, 50.4 te (502 kN), dual brakes
  • 08-9DA 90 V electrical system, 15 mph, 49.6 te (494 kN), air brakes
  • 08 991 was converted from 08 203; design code: 08-9AV
  • 08 992 was converted from 08 259; design code: 08-9CX
  • 08 993 was converted from 08 592; design code: 08-9CX
  • 08 994 was converted from 08 462; design code: 08-9DA
  • 08 995 was converted from 08 687; design code: 08-9DA

Technical details

BR Class 08/0
TOPS numbers 08 001-08 958
Early numbers 13000-13116, 13127-13136, 13167-13365; later: D3000-D3116; D3127-D3136; D3167-D3438; D3454-D3472; D3503-D3611; D3652-D3664; D3672-D3718; D3722-D4048; D4095-D4098; D4115-D4192
Builder British Railways
Introduced 1953-62
Wheel Arrangement 0-6-0
Weight 49.6 to 51 long tons 50.4 to 51.8 t
Height 12 ft 8 5/8 in 3.877 m
Width 8 ft 6 in 2.59 m
Length 29 ft 3 in 8.92 m
Wheel Dia. 4 ft 6 in 1.37 m
Wheel Base 5 ft 9 in + 5 ft 9 in 1.75 + 1.75 m
Minimum radius
Maximum speed 15 to 20 mph 24 to 32 km/h
Engine output 350 hp 260 kW
Max. Tractive Effort 35,000 lbf 156 kN
Cont. Tractive Effort 11,100 lbf at 8.8 mph 49 kN at 14 km/h
Brake type Vacuum
Brake force 19 te 189 kN
Route availability 5 (6 see notes)
Fuel Tank 668 imp gal 3.04 m³
Heating type None

British Railways (BR), later rebranded as British Rail, ran the British railway system, from the nationalisation of the Big Four British railway companies in 1948 until its privatisation in stages between 1994 and 1997. ...

In fiction

In the Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends TV Series originated by the Rev. W. Awdry, there are a few diesels that are the same class. They are Devious Diesel, 'Arry the Iron Works Diesel, Bert the Iron Works Diesel, and Splatter and Dodge. Thomas & Friends (formerly Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends) is a British childrens television series which was first broadcast in 1984. ... The Reverend W. V. Awdry OBE (15 June 1911 – 21 March 1997) was a clergyman, railway enthusiast and childrens author, best known as the creator of Thomas the Tank Engine. ... Arry is a character from Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends. He is a diesel engine who works at the scrapyards and smelters sheds of Sodor with his brother Bert. ... Bert the Iron Works Diesel is a character from the TV series Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends. ... Splatter and Dodge are two characters in Thomas & The Magic Railroad. ...

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British Rail non-steam Locomotives
Diesel locomotives - Electric locomotives - DMU - DEMU - AC EMU - DC EMU - Departmental units
Diesel shunting locomotives
Classes: 01 - 02 - 03 - 04 - 05 - 06 - 07 - 08 - 09 - 10 - 11 - 12 - 13 - 14
Pre-TOPS type: D1/1 - D1/2 - D1/3 - D1/4 - D2/1 - D2/2 - D2/3 - D2/4 - D2/5 - D2/6 - D2/7 - D2/8 - D2/9 -
D2/10 - D2/11 - D2/12 - D3/1 - D3/2 - D3/3 - D3/4 - D3/5 - D3/6 - D3/7 - D3/8 - D3/9 -
D3/10 - D3/11 - D3/12 - D3/13 - D3/14
Pre-1955 type: 11001 - 11104 - 15107 - 13000
Main-line diesel locomotives
Classes: 15 - 16 - 17 - 20 - 21 - 21 (Vossloh) - 22 - 23 - 24 - 25 - 26 - 27 - 28 - 29 - 30 - 31 - 33 - 35 -
37 - 40 - 41 - 41 (HST) - 42 - 43 - 43 (HST) - 44 - 45 - 46 - 47 - 48 - 50 - 52 - 53 - 55 - 56 -
57 - 58 - 59 - 60 - 66 - 67
Pre-TOPS type: D8/1 - D8/2 - D10/1 - D10/2 - D10/3 - D11/1 - D11/2 - D11/3 - D11/4 - D11/5 - D12/1 -
D12/2 - D12/3 - D13/1 - D14/1 - D14/2 - D15/1 - D15/2 - D16/1 - D16/2 - D17/1 - D17/2 -
D20/1 - D20/2 - D22/1 - D22/2 - D23/1 - D25/1 - D27/1 - D33/1 - KA - KB
Pre-1955 type: 10000-10001 - 10100 - 10201-10203 - 10800
Electric locomotives
Classes: 70 - 71 - 73 - 74 - 76 - 77 - 80 - 81 - 82 - 83 - 84 - 85 - 86 - 87 - 89 - 90 - 91 - 92
Pre-TOPS type: AL1 - AL2 - AL3 - AL4 - AL5 - AL6 - EB1 - EE1 - EM1 - EM2 - ES1 - HA - HB - JA - JB
Other locomotives
Departmental: 97 - 97/6 - Eastern - Southern - Other Series
Other: 98 - 99 - 15097-15099 - 18000 - 18100
Demonstrators: D0226/D0227 - D0260 - D0280 - D9998 - DHP1 - DP1 - DP2 - GT3 - HS4000 - Janus/Taurus

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The USRA 0-6-0 was the smallest of the USRA standard locomotives USRA Standard classes designed and produced during the brief Government control of the railroads through the United States Railroad Administration USRA during World War I.
The Pennsylvania Railroad rostered over 1,200 0-6-0 types over the years, which were classed as type B on that system.
When diesel shunters began to be introduced, the 0-6-0 type became the most common also; many of the British Railways shunter types were 0-6-0s, including British Rail Class 03 Class 03, the standard 'light' shunter, and British Rail Class 08 Class 08 and British Rail Class 09 Class 09, the standard heavier shunters.
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