BR Class 08 08896

BRBritish Rail or British Railways Class 08 08896
08896 at Kidderminster May 2017
Built By	BRBritish Rail or British Railways Horwich Works
Configuration	0-6-0
Power type	Diesel Electrical
Status	For parts retrieval
Loco Number	08896
Other Numbers	D4126
History
Built	1962
Designed By	BRBritish Rail or British Railways
Type	Class 08
2004	Withdrawn by BRBritish Rail or British Railways
2009	Arrived on SVRSevern Valley Railway
Technical
Length	29ft 3in
Weight	49t
Diesel Locomotives

08896 is an 0-6-0 Class 08 350hp diesel electric shunting locomotive. As the standard BRBritish Rail or British Railways general-purpose diesel shunter, the Class 08 became the most numerous of any British locomotive class with 996 built between 1952 and 1962.

08896 in main line service

08896 was built at Horwich Works and entered BRBritish Rail or British Railways service as D4126 in April 1962 at Ebbw Junction (Newport), moving to Landore in May 1969. In June 1974 D4126 became No 08896 under the TOPSTotal Operations Processing System, an American computer system adopted by BR from the late 1960s to number and manage rolling stock. numbering scheme, being withdrawn from service in February 2004.

08896 in preservation

08896 arrived on the SVRSevern Valley Railway in late 2009. The SVRSevern Valley Railway web site shows a status of “For parts retrieval at Kidderminster”.

See also

• Diesel Locomotives

References