List of preserved British Rail Class 08 locomotives

The British Rail Class 08 was the standard class of diesel locomotive designed for shunting. From 1953 to 1962, 996 locomotives were produced, making it the most numerous of all British locomotive classes. There were also 26 of the near-identical but higher-geared Class 09, and 171 similar locomotives fitted with different engines and transmissions (some of which became Class 10), which together brought the total number of outwardly-similar machines to 1193.

13029 at Tyseley Locomotive Works in 2010

Since their introduction, the nature of rail freight in Britain has changed considerably, reducing or removing the need for shunting, therefore only a few Class 08 locomotives remain in service today. However, many have found an active retirement on heritage railways in Britain, with around 87 examples being classed as preserved. Another was preserved at Crewe, but scrapped in 2009. There may be more yet unregistered Class 08 shunters still working in Britain or abroad.[citation needed] Their low maintenance requirements means that most of them are still in operational condition, with only a small number of examples currently awaiting restoration, as of 2023.

Preserved examples

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Numbers carried
(Current in bold)
Name Location Current Status Livery Image
13000 D3000 - 13046 - Peak Rail Awaiting overhaul; first one built BR Black
13002 D3002 - - - Plym Valley Railway Operational BR Black  
13014 D3014 - - Samson Dartmouth Steam Railway Operational BR Green, Dart Rail insignia  
13018 D3018 08011 - Haversham Chinnor and Princes Risborough Railway Operational BR Green  
13019 D3019 - - - Cambrian Heritage Railways Operational Blue and White
13022 D3022 08015 - - Severn Valley Railway Operational BR Green  
13023 D3023 08016 - Geoff L Wright (not carried) Peak Rail Operational Last of first Batch BR Blue
13029 D3029 08021 - - Tyseley Locomotive Works Operational BR Black  
13030 D3030 08022 - Lion Cholsey and Wallingford Railway Operational Guinness Black  
13044 D3044 08032 33 Mendip Mid Hants Railway Undergoing repairs Yeoman Blue  
13059 D3059 08046 - Brechin City Caledonian Railway (Brechin) Operational BR Green
13067 D3067 08054 - - Embsay and Bolton Abbey Railway stored awaiting re-wiring BR Blue  
13074 D3074 08060 - Unicorn Cholsey and Wallingford Railway Operational Guinness Black  
13079 D3079 08064 - - National Railway Museum Operational Black
13101 D3101 - 3101 - Great Central Railway Operational BR Green  
13167 D3167 08102 - - Lincolnshire Wolds Railway Operational BR Green
11374 D3174 08108 3174 Dover Castle Kent and East Sussex Railway Under overhaul Black
13180 D3180 08114 - - Great Central Railway (Nottingham) Operational BR Blue
13190 D3190 08123 - George Mason Cholsey and Wallingford Railway Operational BR Green
13201 D3201 08133 - - Severn Valley Railway Under Overhaul BR Green
13232 D3232 08164 - Prudence East Lancashire Railway Operational BR Blue  
13236 D3236 08168 - - Battlefield Line Railway Operational; on loan to the Bluebell Railway BR Black
13255 D3255 - - - Private site, Leavening, North Yorkshire To be restored N/A
13261 D3261 - - - Swindon and Cricklade Railway Operational BR Green
13265 D3265 08195 WD40 Mark Llangollen Railway Operational BR Black
13272 D3272 08202 - - Avon Valley Railway Operational BR Blue
13290 D3290 08220 - - Great Central Railway (Nottingham) Operational BR Blue
13308 D3308 08238 - Charlie Dean Forest Railway Light duties only BR Blue with Wasp Stripes
13336 D3336 08266 - - Keighley and Worth Valley Railway Under Overhaul BR Engineers Grey
13358 D3358 08288 - Phoenix Mid Hants Railway Operational BR Blue
- D3308 08308 - - Barrow Hill Roundhouse Operational, converted to battery power[1] Green & silver
- D3401 08331 - - Midland Railway - Butterley Operational Black
- D3420 08350 - - Crewe Heritage Centre Scrapped at Ron Hull, Rotherham 19/9/08[citation needed] BR Green
- D3429 08359 - - Bodmin & Wenford Railway Operational BR Blue
- D3462 08377 - - Mid Hants Railway Operational BR Green
- D3503 08388 - - Private Site Scrapped in October 2010[citation needed] Trainload Petroleum
- D3411 08411 - - Colne Valley Railway under restoration BR Dutch grey
- D3551 08436 - - Swanage Railway Operational Black
- D3558 08443 - - Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway Operational BR Green (No Logo)
- D3559 08444 - - Bodmin and Wenford Railway Operational BR Green
- D3560 08445 - - Daventry IRFT Awaiting repair Yellow
- D3586 08471 - - Severn Valley Railway Operational BR Green
- D3588 08473 - - Dean Forest Railway Source of spares empty shell as of 2/7/16[citation needed] BR Blue  
- D3591 08476 - - Swanage Railway Operational BR Green  
13594 D3594 08479 - - East Lancashire Railway Operational BR Black
- D3596 08481 - - Vale of Glamorgan Railway Scrapped 6 May 2011 at EMR[citation needed] BR Blue
- D3605 08490 - - Strathspey Railway Operational BR Green  
- D3610 08495 - - North Yorkshire Moors Railway Operational BR Blue  
- D3617 08502 - Lybert Dickinson (not carried) East Kent Railway[2] Operational - stored All-over Blue
- D3690 08528 - - Derwent Valley Light Railway Operational BR Green
- D3723 08556 - - North Yorkshire Moors Railway Operational BR Green
- D3743 08576 - - ?? Awaiting restoration BR Blue
- D3757 08590 - Red Lion Midland Railway - Butterley Operational BR Blue[a]
- D3759 08592 08993 - Keighley and Worth Valley Railway Operational EWS Maroon and Gold
- D3761 08594 - - Private Site Awaiting overhaul BR Blue
- D3771 08604 604 Phantom Didcot Railway Centre Operational BR Blue
D3772 08605 Ecclesbourne Valley Railway Operational[3] DB Red  
- D3795 08628 - - EMR Kingsbury[citation needed] Scrapped as of 19/5/16 at EMR Kingsbury[citation needed] BR Blue  
- D3796 08629 - - Chinnor and Princes Risborough Railway Operational Knorr-Bremse - Green, White and Dark Blue Stripes
- - 08631 - Betsy Bombardier Transportation Operational BR Blue
- D3800 08633 - - Churnet Valley Railway Operational BR Green
- D3802 08635 H3802 - Severn Valley Railway Undergoing conversion to hydrogen power[4] BR Green
- D3830 08663 - St Silas (nameplates removed) Avon Valley Railway Not operational at present BR Blue
- - 08682 - Lionheart Bombardier Transportation Operational Designed by the winner of a children's painting competition
- D3861 08694 - - Great Central Railway Operational EWS
- D3867 08700 - - East Lancashire Railway Operational BR Blue
- D3871 08704 - - Private Site Operational BR Green
- D3902 08734 - - Dean Forest Railway Undergoing restoration with parts from 08473. Blue
- D3918 08750 - - Scrapped Scrapped by Wanted Scrap Metals Ltd, Shildon as of 18/12/18[citation needed] Black
D3926 08757 - - Telford Steam Railway Operational RES
- D3935 08767 - - North Norfolk Railway Undergoing overhaul BR Green
- D3937 08769 - Gladys Dean Forest Railway Operational BR Green
- D3940 08772 - Tiny/Camulodunum North Norfolk Railway Operational BR Green
- D3941 08773 - - Embsay and Bolton Abbey Steam Railway Operational BR Blue  
- D3948 08780 - Fred Jeremy Hosking Operational Dark Blue
- D3952 08784 - - Longport Operational Railfreight Grey
- D3991 08823 - - LH Barton Operational Hunslet Orange and Blue
- D3993 08825 - - Chinnor and Princes Risborough Railway Operational BR Blue
- D4018 08850 4018 - North Yorkshire Moors Railway Operational BR Blue
- D4033 08865 - - East Kent Light Railway Operational EWS
- D4118 08888 - - Gwili Railway[5] Operational BR Green
- D4137 08907 - - Great Central Railway Operational BR Green
- D4141 08911 - Matey National Railway Museum Shildon Operational BR Blue (with small NRM logo)  
- D4145 08915 - - North Tyneside Steam Railway Operational BR Blue
- D4157 08922 - - Spa Valley Railway[6] Operational RailFreight Grey
- D4167 08937 - Bluebell Mel Dartmoor Railway Operational BR Green
- D4174 08944 - - East Lancashire Railway Awaiting repair Black  
- D3854 08995 08687 Kidwelly Gwendraeth railway society[7] Under Repair EWS Maroon and Gold
  1. ^ a possible reference to 16440 and 16410

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "A closer look at a battery-powered Class 08 prototype". www.railexpress.co.uk. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
  2. ^ "The East Kent Railway". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  3. ^ "Engine Shed – Ecclesbourne Valley Railway". Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  4. ^ "Harrier HydroShunter project to convert locomotive from diesel to hydrogen traction". www.birmingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
  5. ^ "Shunter News". Railways Illustrated. No. 239. January 2023. p. 23.
  6. ^ "Stock List". Spa Valley Railway. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
  7. ^ Jones, Robin (12 June 2020). "Third loco for Gwendraeth revivalists as cut- down 08 comes home". Heritage Railway.