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- British_Rail_Class_08 height "3657.6".
- British_Rail_Class_08 length "8839.2".
- British_Rail_Class_08 width "2438.4".
- British_Rail_Class_08 abstract "The British Rail (BR) Class 08 is a class of diesel-electric shunting locomotive. The Pioneer Class 08 No. D3000 (currently preserved at the Heritage Shunters Trust based at Peak Rail) was built in 1952 although didn't enter service until 1953. Production continued on until 1962, 996 locomotives were produced making it the most numerous of all British locomotive classes.As the standard general-purpose diesel shunter on BR, almost any duty requiring shunting would involve a Class 08. The class became a familiar sight at many major stations and freight yards. However, since their introduction, the nature of rail traffic in Britain has changed considerably. Freight trains are now mostly fixed rakes of wagons and passenger trains are mostly multiple units, neither requiring the attention of a shunting locomotive. Consequently, a large proportion of the class has been withdrawn from mainline use and stored, scrapped, exported or sold to industrial or heritage railways.As of 2011, around 100 locomotives remain working on industrial sidings and on the main British network. On heritage railways, they have become common, appearing on many of the preserved standard-gauge lines in Britain, with over 60 preserved.".
- British_Rail_Class_08 activeYearsEndYear "1962".
- British_Rail_Class_08 activeYearsStartYear "1952".
- British_Rail_Class_08 builder Crewe_Works.
- British_Rail_Class_08 builder Darlington_Works.
- British_Rail_Class_08 builder Derby_Works.
- British_Rail_Class_08 builder Doncaster_Works.
- British_Rail_Class_08 builder Horwich_Works.
- British_Rail_Class_08 height "3.6576".
- British_Rail_Class_08 length "8.8392".
- British_Rail_Class_08 numberBuilt "996".
- British_Rail_Class_08 powerType Diesel_locomotive.
- British_Rail_Class_08 thumbnail 08509_Chesterfield_Goods_Yard.jpg?width=300.
- British_Rail_Class_08 topSpeed "24.1401".
- British_Rail_Class_08 width "2.4384".
- British_Rail_Class_08 wikiPageExternalLink class-08.
- British_Rail_Class_08 wikiPageID "579790".
- British_Rail_Class_08 wikiPageRevisionID "603740591".
- British_Rail_Class_08 axleloadclass "Route availability 5 or 6".
- British_Rail_Class_08 builddate "1952".
- British_Rail_Class_08 builder "British Railways: Derby Works, Crewe Works, Darlington Works, Doncaster Works and Horwich Works.".
- British_Rail_Class_08 caption "8509".
- British_Rail_Class_08 generator Direct_current.
- British_Rail_Class_08 hasPhotoCollection British_Rail_Class_08.
- British_Rail_Class_08 height "12.0".
- British_Rail_Class_08 locoweight "to".
- British_Rail_Class_08 multipleworking "Not originally fitted, some retrofitted with type ★ Blue Star".
- British_Rail_Class_08 name "British Rail Class 08".
- British_Rail_Class_08 poweroutput "Engine:".
- British_Rail_Class_08 powertype "Diesel-electric".
- British_Rail_Class_08 primemover English_Electric_diesel_engines.
- British_Rail_Class_08 railroad British_Rail.
- British_Rail_Class_08 roadnumber "13000".
- British_Rail_Class_08 topspeed "or".
- British_Rail_Class_08 totalproduction "996".
- British_Rail_Class_08 tractionmotors "DC English Electric 506, 2 off".
- British_Rail_Class_08 tractiveeffort "Maximum:".
- British_Rail_Class_08 trainbrakes "Vacuum, later Air & Vacuum or Air only".
- British_Rail_Class_08 trainheating "None".
- British_Rail_Class_08 transmission Diesel-electric_transmission.
- British_Rail_Class_08 transmission Double_reduction_drive.
- British_Rail_Class_08 uicclass "C".
- British_Rail_Class_08 whytetype "0".
- British_Rail_Class_08 wordnet_type synset-locomotive-noun-1.
- British_Rail_Class_08 subject Category:British_Rail_diesel_locomotives.
- British_Rail_Class_08 subject Category:C_locomotives.
- British_Rail_Class_08 subject Category:English_Electric_locomotives.
- British_Rail_Class_08 subject Category:Railway_locomotives_introduced_in_1953.
- British_Rail_Class_08 type Locomotive.
- British_Rail_Class_08 type MeanOfTransportation.
- British_Rail_Class_08 type Product.
- British_Rail_Class_08 type DesignedArtifact.
- British_Rail_Class_08 comment "The British Rail (BR) Class 08 is a class of diesel-electric shunting locomotive. The Pioneer Class 08 No. D3000 (currently preserved at the Heritage Shunters Trust based at Peak Rail) was built in 1952 although didn't enter service until 1953. Production continued on until 1962, 996 locomotives were produced making it the most numerous of all British locomotive classes.As the standard general-purpose diesel shunter on BR, almost any duty requiring shunting would involve a Class 08.".
- British_Rail_Class_08 label "British Rail Class 08".
- British_Rail_Class_08 sameAs m.02s1rc.
- British_Rail_Class_08 sameAs Q12053606.
- British_Rail_Class_08 sameAs Q12053606.
- British_Rail_Class_08 wasDerivedFrom British_Rail_Class_08?oldid=603740591.
- British_Rail_Class_08 depiction 08509_Chesterfield_Goods_Yard.jpg.
- British_Rail_Class_08 isPrimaryTopicOf British_Rail_Class_08.
- British_Rail_Class_08 name "British Rail Class 08".