BR Class 08/9 - BR Railfreight Coal Triple Grey - 08995 - DCC Sound Irish Wagons 2c retained their blue/grey livery

2c retained their blue/grey livery during their often short departmental service

66724 was given a fresh coat of GBRF’s now standard dark blue in 2017

Roofs were painted white or off-white

Welded roof with plated boiler exhaust and no cab roof vent

Despite this

BR Class 08/9 - BR Railfreight Coal Triple Grey - 08995 - DCC Sound Irish Wagons 2c retained their blue/grey liveryEnglish 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