BR Class 08 - Freightliner Green - 08585 'Vicky' - DCC SoundEnglish 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

the Chaldrons were also used as service vehicles

LNER J69 No

While they were quickly cosmetically restored

Pack M: Seaham Dock Co

and DCC (requires 6 pin DCC decoder

Refreshed several times up until its final withdrawal in 1994 its livery subtly changed each time and our model represents the classic Network SouthEast 1988-91 period with full-length orange cantrail stripe

It received lined green exactly seven years later after a short period in plain black while allocated to Chester

The mighty Ajax

Oil Axle-boxes

all being released in standard Rail blue

these carriages did not carry the GER armorial device

and each waggon depicted is based on photographic evidence and reference to colliery records to confirm lettering styles