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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
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