Title: British Rail Class 08 - Wikipedia
Headings: British Rail Class 08
British Rail Class 08
Contents
History
Exported locomotives
Operations
Technical description
Design variations
Class 08/9
BR Class 13
Fleet
Preservation
Models
In fiction
References
Further reading
External links

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Prime mover
English Electric 6KT
Generator
DC
Traction motors
DC English Electric 506, 2 off
Transmission
Diesel-electric transmission, double reduction gearing
MU working
Not originally fitted, some retrofitted with type ★ Blue Star
Train heating
None
Train brakes
Vacuum, later Air & Vacuum or Air only
Performance figures
Maximum speed
15 mph (24 km/h) or 20 mph (32 km/h)
Power output
Engine: 350 hp (261 kW)
Tractive effort
Maximum: 35,000 lbf (160 kN)
Brakeforce
19 long tons-force (190 kN)
Career
Operators
British Railways
InterCity
Network SouthEast
Rail Express Systems
Freightliner
Eurostar
DB Cargo UK
GNER
National Express East Coast
East Coast
Virgin Trains East Coast
LNER
Midland Mainline
East Midlands Trains
East Midlands Railway
Arriva Rail North
Northern Trains
Harry Needle Railroad Company
Foster Yeoman
Mendip Rail
Numbers
13000–13116, 13127–13136, 13167–13365; later: D3000–D3116, D3127–D3136, D3167-D3365 (renumbered from above), D3366–D3438, D3454–D3472, D3503–D3611, D3652–D3664, D3672–D3718, D3722–D4048, D4095–D4098, D4115–D4192; later 08 001–08 958
Axle load class
Route availability 5 or 6 (see text)
Withdrawn
1967–present
Disposition
82 preserved
10 converted to Class 09s
6 converted to Class 13s
5 exported to Liberia
100 in service
Remainder scrapped
The British Rail Class 08 is a class of diesel-electric shunting locomotive built by British Railways (BR). As the standard BR general-purpose diesel shunter, the class became a familiar sight at major stations and freight yards. Since their introduction in 1952 however, the nature of rail traffic in Britain has changed considerably. Freight trains are now mostly fixed rakes of wagons, and passenger trains are mostly multiple units, neither requiring the attention of a shunting locomotive. Consequently, a large proportion of the class has been withdrawn from mainline use and stored, scrapped, exported or sold to industrial or heritage railways .