BR Class 08 - BR Blue - 08910 - DCC Sound Livery_Southern Railway although 50007 initially only wore

although 50007 initially only wore its Hercules ’plates on one side

There were

Leeds in Feb 1944

like 31160 and 31296 this locomotive was outshopped from refurbishment with the headlight in the ‘offset’ position (under the driver’s window) and was only the second Class 31 to be so configured

For added attractiveness it carried miniature snowploughs and retained its bufferbeam cowling right up to the middle of 1986

BR Class 08 - BR Blue - 08910 - DCC Sound Livery_Southern Railway although 50007 initially only woreEnglish 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