BR Class 08 - Freightliner Green - 08585 'Vicky' - DCC Sound Mark 2_Run2 D5581 BR green w/SYPOutshopped from

D5581 BR green w/SYPOutshopped from Brush’s Falcon Works

After conversion at Wabtec Brush

37402 was the second member of the Direct Rail Services Class 37/4 fleet to be returned to the BR large logo scheme

later rescinded in 1992 so it could work railtours

Returned to action in 1977 at the Severn Valley Railway it was back on the main line in 1985 as part of the Great Western 150 celebrations and heavily featured in British Rail’s ‘Cardigan Bay Express’ services on its old stamping ground in 1987

BR Class 08 - Freightliner Green - 08585 'Vicky' - DCC Sound Mark 2_Run2 D5581 BR green w/SYPOutshopped fromEnglish 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