08s
 

HA HA ,I have just been looking at the picture of an 08 inthe Gallery...now there is a proper diesel...little "sloggers" they were and indeed still are in some places, I loved them in the diesel world.

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They have been great servant sto BR, the TOCs and Heritage Railways. Most of the survivers are now over 50 years old.

I remember seeing them new a Derby, sometimes before they were in the ABC's!

Best wishes,

John H-T.

Good little loco's the railway sure had the money out of them.
Every so often we had to take one to Exeter on a night turn about 80 miles with one a fitter would ride with it and check the bearings every 20 miles that sure was one long night.

ccmmick.

Yes I bet it was mate.
But you know, those little buggers had a atmosphere all of their own, they certainly were or indeed still are a locomotive that will never be forgotten.
One thing about them, if you dropped on a train of wagons to pull them out of the yard or go from one yard to another,and started to move, they had a sound all of their own, brilliant engines in them.
I enjoyed them immensley.

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Had High Speed Shunters down here the old 09's. good for 27 and a half mph
more if you put a paddle over the Overspeed Governer :D

Or so I've heard ( Walks off stage left with hands in pockets and whistling )

they certainly are very influential shunters! i dont really know much about them as i have only operated Sentenial shunters. I remember them very well from my childhood!!!

In the mid 1980's we had lots of 08's at HM. They were used for shunting in the yard, and all the trip shunting around Wakefield and Dewsbury.
One job signed on at 04:45hrs and the dinner time job at 12:35hrs.
As these were trip jobs, you could be going any where from Hebden Bridge at one end to Castleford .
We had one particular job on the MML. was to shunt the coke works out at Royston Junction, and load back to the Mill. This job was known as the Flying Flea.
08's were rough riders and not very warm, but they could pull an house side down.
At the front they had a place for the shunt pole and a step where the shunter could ride on.
We had a job at 55A Holbeck Shed was all the trip workings in the Leeds area.
When you took a 350 through Leeds City Station it was like been on the back of a run away horse.
We also shunted many hours at the FL Depot at Stourton.
Alas again all this has gone

Like you say mate....all gone, but at least you have your memories, like me.

I enjoyed the 08s or as we called them "Dobbins", I often swapped shifts to have a day on shunting jobs, I was never one for "dashing around the system"as I have mentioned before.

Quite happy "plodding" along the slow line or working in the yard with an 08.

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There is a very sorry looking example, 08 948, parked outside the Eurostar depot, at Stratford. Not sure if it is still being used.

08s
 

I have a number of pics of 08s at different places. Will put some on the gallery shortly.

i love 08's

I thought they were uncomfortable to work on. Always took the seat out, and stood with one foot on the deadmans, and leaned out of the cab window. If we had one on a ballast (usually on the crane), you knew you were in for a long night.
The worst job at Bletchley as secondman was swapping the shunter over at Rugby. Guaranteed 12 hours! 15 mph all the way, no aws, and you usually got put inside every loop. Funny enough, Rugby men wouldn't work from their place and meet us half-way.

I read in a Railway Magazine last night, that Wolverton works has got an open day in August AND they are going to hopefully run a shuttle service from Milton Keynes using 08s !I MUST go and spend a couple of hours there on the day, It will only take me 10minutes in my "jam jar" from Bletchley to get there.
Anybody else coming ?
Let me know and we will have a meet.

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First Great Western still occaisionally use a Class 08 to work the empty Penzance sleepers between Old Oak Common and Paddington when they are short of Class 57s. I understand it struggles with the weight of the sleepers and a trailing Class 57 when it has to pass over the engine and carriage flyover!

350's were not made for dashing about.
The only time I have seen one fast was when Pat the Frieghtliner shunter at Leeds said pit road.
That meant you were of home.
Take out the BIS, screw on the brake and off into infinity and beyond
A 350 would play with those sleepers and a light engine.
Perhaps a max load of 500 tons.
I have ridden on a 350 whilst pulling 38 loaded HAA's without coughing of splutterin, or 75 slu's of a frieghtliner train.

I am looking forward to seeing the ones at Wolverton next month.

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At Chasewater we have just hired an 08 to provide traction for the summer midweek turns until the end of August. I am looking forward to this and will post pictures when it arrives. I have just posted pictures of the next generation of Shunter the first new design for a while and is available in 0-4-0, 0-6-0 or Bo Bo configuration from my favourite builder Hunslet and a superb performer it seems too.
Regards

08's
 

Heres a photo of an 08 doing what an 08 does best on the SVR

The 0ld girl is looking good mate.

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Shunter should be wearing hi viz jacket. Seems to be a problems with people playing at trains.

I have to aggree about the high viz vest.


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The last 08 i saw was at longsight shed in manchester it was 08 720 i think there were 3 on site and at least 1 seconded to traffford park terminal

The O8 at Chinnor is being completely refubrd and might be repainted green or blue but no decision yet.The loco was built Derby in 1953 they are making a brilliant job of the work

any picys??

sorry not at the moment its not finnished will try to get a pic

look forward to the picys.......:)

08s
 

There are a number of pics of o8s in my gallery if you care to look.

08359/ D3429 is now going to have an extended stay at Chasewater Railway. It will be appearing at this weekends Gala. the 08 will be seen on a coal train too.
Regards

nice collection of pics you have of class 08"s......:D