BR Class 08 - Freightliner/G&W Orange - 08785 Livery_British Fuels including Bletchley

including Bletchley

The locomotive is finished in early 1960s condition as allocated to 30A Stratford and during its glory days of passenger service on the Great Eastern main line and in charge of such iconic workings as the Liverpool-Harwich boat trains

Pack A contains wagons 30173 and 30128 each one loaded with 2

Scale length of 70mm over headstocks

A triple pack of CIE / Irish Rail Two-axle Magnesite Ore Hoppers - Pack B

BR Class 08 - Freightliner/G&W Orange - 08785 Livery_British Fuels including BletchleyEnglish 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