BR Class 08/9 - BR Railfreight Grey - 08994 Mark 1 Coaches One of just three Deltics

One of just three Deltics to never receive plated headcode boxes

which purchased 63 steel-blue FEA-S (640631–93)

Since then it has been one of the most reliable members of the fleet

* Two styles of sprung buffer: Oleo (coal variants) and heavy duty (CDA)

Latterly it spent time running in BR black at the South Devon railway

BR Class 08/9 - BR Railfreight Grey - 08994 Mark 1 Coaches One of just three DelticsEnglish 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