BR Class 08/9 - BR Railfreight Grey - 08994 Irish Wagons and the Samaritans

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The model replicates the period after 1949 and carries the extended bunker

Two extra NEM fitted magnetic couplings supplied with wagon packs to allow for fitting to locomotives and/or additional rolling stock

BR Class 08/9 - BR Railfreight Grey - 08994 Irish Wagons and the SamaritansEnglish 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