BR Class 08/9 - BR Railfreight Grey - 08994 Livery_GMPTE 37 70 6955 279-4

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Kilmarnock

logos and codes from real wagons for total authenticity

With Corás Iompair Éireann (CIÉ) rolling out a series of freight stock throughout the 1950s-1960s based on a standardised triangulated underframe developed by its then-Chief Mechanical Engineer

the Coal branding gave way briefly to Mainline logos before a full repaint into Mainline’s Aircraft Blue was undertaken

BR Class 08/9 - BR Railfreight Grey - 08994 Livery_GMPTE 37 70 6955 279-4English 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