The British RailClass 13 was formed because in 1965 it was found necessary to provide more powerful shunters for the TinsleyHump Yard. This was provided by permanently coupling together two Class 08 shunters as a 'master' and 'slave' unit, the latter with its cab removed. Both units were ballasted to improve traction. Initially the units were coupled cab-to-cab but it was found more practical to couple Master nose to Slave cab. Logo of British Rail 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. ... Darnall ward is one of the 28 electoral wards in City of Sheffield, England. ... A classification yard or marshalling yard (including hump yards) is a railroad yard found at some freight train stations, used to separate railroad cars on to one of several tracks. ... 08 910 at Carlisle, 1975. ...
Three pairs were formed as follows:
Master unit D4190 and Slave unit D4189 to form D4501, later 13001
Master unit D4187 and Slave unit D3697 to form D4502, later 13002
Master unit D4188 and Slave unit D3698 to form D4500, later 13003
With the end of hump shunting Tinsley became obsolete, and the locos were not needed elsewhere and their equipment was aging. Withdrawal was therefore inevitable, and the unfortunate thing is that all three were scrapped after withdrawal. No class 13s survive; 13 was always said to be an unlucky number.
13004 could still be created, as plenty of 08s survive and the conversion could well be relatively easy, but a Class 13 Recreation Society is yet to appear. The fleet, therefore, is only available to memories and photographs.
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The BritishRailClass86 is the standard electric locomotive built during the 1960s, developed as a result of testing with the earlier Classes81, 82, 83, 84 and 85.
It was reclassified as Class 86/5 and renumbered to 86501.
However, the class does still have a future with the company, and in the long-term, Freightliner plans to retain a core fleet of 14 locomotives in service until at least 2009, ensuring the class is in service well over 40 years after first being introduced.
Previously, they had relied on a fleet of second-hand Class 20, Class33, Class37 and Class47 locomotives, which were becoming unreliable and expensive to maintain due to their age.
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