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{{Short description|Diesel–electric shunting locomotives}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2015}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2015}}
{{Infobox locomotive
| name = British Rail Class 08
| powertype = Diesel–electric
| image = Class 08 08801 (D3969) (6833336546).jpg
| caption = 08801 at [[Penzance railway station|Penzance station]] in 1990
| fleetnumbers = 13000–13116, 13127–13136, 13167–13365; <br>
later: D3000–D3116, D3127–D3136, D3167-D3365 (renumbered from above), D3366–D3438, D3454–D3472, D3503–D3611, D3652–D3664, D3672–D3718, D3722–D4048, D4095–D4098, D4115–D4192; <br> 
later 08 001–08 958
| builder = British Railways:<br>[[Crewe Works]]<br>[[Darlington Works]]<br>[[Derby Works]]<br>[[Doncaster Works]]<br>[[Horwich Works]]
| builddate = 1952–1962
| totalproduction = 996<!-- D3000-3116=117; D3127-36=10; D3167-3438=272; D3454-72=19; D3503-3611=109; D3652-64=13; D3672-3718=47; D3722-4048=327; D4095-8=4; D4115-4192=78 total 996 -->
| primemover = [[English Electric diesel engines|English Electric 6KT]]<ref name="EEbook" />
| enginetype = [[Four-stroke engine|Four-stroke]] [[Straight-six engine|inline-six]] [[diesel engine|diesel]]<ref name="EEbook" />
| aspiration = [[Naturally aspirated engine|Naturally aspirated]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://sdjr.co.uk/locomotives-stock/d4095 | title=British Railways Class 08 diesel electric shunter D4095 }}</ref>
| displacement = {{cvt|5,655|cuin|L|sigfig=4}}<ref name="EEbook" /><!-- 942.5 cu in per cylinder -->
| cylindercount = 6<ref name="EEbook" />
| cylindersize = {{cvt|10|in|sigfig=3}} × {{cvt|12|in|sigfig=3}} ([[Bore (engine)|bore]] × [[Stroke (engine)|stroke]])<ref name="EEbook" />
| rpmrange = 300–680 [[rpm]] (D3503–D4192)<ref name="EEbook" />
| generator = [[Direct current|DC]]
| transmission = [[Diesel–electric transmission]], [[double reduction gearing]]
| tractionmotors = DC [[English Electric]] 506, 2 off
| whytetype = {{whyte|0-6-0|DE}}
| uicclass = C
| gauge = 
| wheeldiameter = {{convert|4|ft|6|in|m|3|abbr=on}}
| minimumcurve = 
| trainbrakes = [[Vacuum brake|Vacuum]], later [[Railway airbrake|Air]] & Vacuum or Air only
| locobrakeforce = {{convert|19|LTf|kN|abbr=on|lk=in}}
| wheelbase = {{convert|11|ft|6|in|m|3|abbr=on}}
| length = {{convert|29|ft|3|in|m|2|abbr=on}}
| width = {{convert|8|ft|6|in|m|3|abbr=on}}
| height = {{convert|12|ft|8+5/8|in|m|3|abbr=on}}<br />{{convert|11|ft|9+5/8|in|m|3|abbr=on}} (08/9)
| locoweight = {{convert|49|LT|t ST|sigfig=3}} to <br>{{convert|51|LT|t ST|sigfig=3}}
| maxspeed = {{convert|15|mph|km/h|abbr=on}} or {{convert|20|mph|km/h|abbr=on}}
| poweroutput = ''Engine:'' {{convert|350|or|400<ref name="EEbook">{{cite book |date= |title=Diesel Engine Instruction and Maintenance Manual |location=[[Strand, London]] |publisher=[[English Electric]] |chapter=Preface, General Data |page=Instruction 701/9/1/1, Instruction 703/10/2/1–703/10/2/2, Instruction 704/1/1/1–704/1/1/2}}</ref>|hp|0|abbr=on|lk=in}}<!-- 400 bhp @ 680 rpm in the follwing locos: D3503–3611, D3652–4048, D4085(typo? should be 4095?)–4192 aka Engine Number IH4045–4154, IH4255–4660, IH5443–5540 aka English Electric Contract Numbers CCH0931, CCM1157 -->
| tractiveeffort = ''Maximum:'' {{convert|35000|lbf|kN|abbr=on|lk=on}}
| fuelcap = {{convert|668|impgal|abbr=on}}
| trainheating = None
| multipleworking = Not originally fitted, some retrofitted with type <span style="color:blue;">★</span> Blue Star
| axleloadclass = [[Route availability]] 5 or 6 (see text)
| operator = [[British Rail]]ways<br>[[InterCity (British Rail)|InterCity]]<br>[[Network SouthEast]]<br>[[Rail Express Systems]]<br>[[Freightliner Group|Freightliner]]<br>[[Eurostar]]<br>[[DB Cargo UK]]<br>[[Great North Eastern Railway|GNER]]<br>[[National Express East Coast]]<br>[[East Coast (train operating company)|East Coast]]<br>[[Virgin Trains East Coast]]<br>[[London North Eastern Railway|LNER]]<br>[[Midland Mainline (train operating company)|Midland Mainline]]<br>[[East Midlands Trains]]<br>[[East Midlands Railway]]<br>[[Arriva Rail North]]<br>[[Northern Trains]]<br>[[Harry Needle Railroad Company]]<br>[[Foster Yeoman]]<br>[[Mendip Rail]]
| withdrawndate = 1967 (1), 1972–present
| disposition = 82 preserved, 10 converted to [[British Rail Class 09|Class 09s]], 6 converted to [[British Rail Class 13|Class 13s]], 5 exported to [[Liberia]], 100 in service, remainder scrapped
}}

The '''British Rail Class 08''' is a class of [[diesel–electric locomotive|diesel–electric]] [[shunter|shunting]] locomotives built by [[British Rail]]ways (BR). As the standard BR general-purpose diesel shunter, the class became a familiar sight at major stations and freight yards. Since their introduction in 1952, however, the nature of rail traffic in Britain has changed considerably. Freight trains are now mostly fixed [[rake (train)|rakes]] of wagons, and passenger trains are mostly [[multiple units]] or have [[driving van trailer]]s, 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 2020, around 100 locomotives remained working on industrial sidings and on the main British railway network. On heritage railways, they have become particularly common, appearing on many of the preserved standard-gauge lines in Britain, with over 80 preserved, including the first one built.<ref name=wnxx>{{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20071020214626/http://www.wnxx.net/fleetstatus/Fleet.htm Fleet status (subsection Class 01-14)]}} ''wnxx.net'' </ref>

==History==
[[File:Yeoman Class 08.JPG|thumb|right|08 032 at [[Foster Yeoman]]'s [[Torr Works]], 2008]]
The Class 08 design was based on the [[London, Midland and Scottish Railway|LMS]] 12033 series (later [[TOPS]] [[British Rail Class 11|Class 11]]) design. There were also 26 of the near-identical but higher-geared [[British Rail Class 09|Class 09]], and 171 similar locomotives fitted with different engines and transmissions (some of which became [[British Rail Class 10|Class 10]]), which together brought the total number of outwardly-similar machines to 1,193.

The pioneer locomotive, number 13000, was built in 1952 although it did not enter service until 1953.<ref>BR Standard 0-6-0 Diesel–Electric Shunting Locomotive ''[[Railway Gazette International|Railway Gazette]]'' 19 June 1953 pages 704/705</ref><ref>New Standard Shunter ''[[Diesel Railway Traction]]'' July 1953 pages 149-151</ref> Production continued until 1962 with 996 locomotives produced, making it the most numerous of any British shunting locomotive class,<ref>British Rail in the 1980s and 1990s: Diesel Locomotives and DMUs, page 13, Kenny Barclay, 
Amberley Publishing Limited, 2017</ref> and indeed, the most numerous of any British locomotive class overall.{{efn|name=fn1}}

The locomotives were built at the BR's [[Crewe Works|Crewe]], [[Darlington Works|Darlington]], [[Derby Works|Derby]], [[Doncaster Works|Doncaster]] and [[Horwich Works|Horwich]] works.<ref>{{Cite book|publisher=Oxford Publishing|isbn=978-0-86093-108-9|last=Marsden|first=Colin J.|title=The Diesel Shunter – A Pictorial Record|location=Oxford|year=1981}}</ref>

In 1985, three locomotives were reduced in height for use on the [[Burry Port and Gwendraeth Valley Railway]] in southwest Wales, and became Class 08/9. The remainder of the class were reclassified as sub-class 08/0. A further two were converted to 08/9s in 1987.<ref name=KWVR>[https://kwvr.co.uk/diesel-train/british-railways-class-08-diesel-electric-0-6-0-shunter-no-d3759-08-993/ British Railways Class 08 Diesel Electric 0-6-0 Shunter No. D3759 / 08 993] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190928031513/https://kwvr.co.uk/diesel-train/british-railways-class-08-diesel-electric-0-6-0-shunter-no-d3759-08-993/ |date=28 September 2019 }} Keighley & Worth Valley Railway</ref>

The first locomotive to be withdrawn was D3193 in 1967. 31 other 08s were withdrawn before [[TOPS]] renumbering in 1973, with a further 12 having a TOPS number allotted but withdrawn before it could applied. Withdrawals continued in subsequent decades until by the beginning of the 1990s most of the class had been withdrawn. As part of the [[privatisation of British Rail]] in the mid-1990s most of the survivors passed to [[DB Cargo UK|EWS]] with some going to [[Train operating company|passenger operators]] for use as depot shunters. At the same time as the withdrawals, many were purchased by heritage railways.

{{update|section|date=November 2022}}
In mid-2008, EWS had over 40 class 08s in operation, with a greater number stored. [[Freightliner Group|Freightliner]] also had about five in operation, as did the locomotive company [[Wabtec]]. [[FirstGroup]] operated fewer than five; additionally, some work at industrial sidings – two for [[Foster Yeoman]], one for [[Mendip Rail]], one for [[Tata Steel Europe|Corus]], one at [[Wilton International|ICI Wilton]], two for [[English China Clays]], amongst others. A few other businesses in the rail industry operated single examples.<ref name=wnxx/>

===Exported locomotives===
Sixteen English Electric 0-6-0DE 350&nbsp;hp locomotives, based on the Class 11/Class 08 design but modified for 1,600&nbsp;mm (5&nbsp;ft 3 in) gauge, were built new and exported 1951–53 to Australia, entering service on the [[Victorian Railways]] as the [[Victorian Railways F class (diesel)|F class]].

Five Class 08s were exported to [[Liberia]], numbers 3047, 3092, 3094, 3098 and 3100.<ref>[https://www.derbysulzers.com/derby1010.html A brief look at the diesel locomotives built by Derby Locomotive Works from 1932–1967] ''derbysulzers.com''</ref> All five locos remain in Liberia and have been considerably robbed of parts in the intervening years.<ref>[https://www.derbysulzers.com/liberia2.html] June 2010 Update</ref>

In 2007, 08 738 and 08 939 were equipped for multiple operation at [[Toton TMD]] and repainted in [[Euro Cargo Rail]] livery before being sent to France in April 2009.<ref>Class 08s in France ''[[Today's Railways Europe]]'' issue 162 June 2009 page 8</ref>

==Operations==
{{Unreferenced section|date=April 2024}}[[File:08509 Chesterfield Goods Yard.jpg|thumb|right|08 509 in [[Rail Blue]] livery at Chesterfield Goods Yard]]
As the standard general-purpose diesel shunter on BR, almost any duty requiring shunting would involve a Class 08. The class was a familiar sight at many major stations and other locations where two portions of a train were merged, or where additional stock was added to a train.

==Technical description==
The Class 08 design was based on the [[London, Midland and Scottish Railway|LMS]] 12033 series (later [[TOPS]] [[British Rail Class 11|Class 11]]) design.{{cn|date=April 2024}}

The engine is an [[English Electric]] (EE) 6 cylinder, 4-stroke, 6KT. [[Traction motor]]s are two EE 506 motors with double reduction gear drive. The main [[Electrical generator|generator]] is an EE 801.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Webster |first1=Neil |last2=Fox |first2=Peter |title=British Railways locomotives and coaching stock |date=February 1999 |publisher=Platform 5 |location=Sheffield |isbn=1-902336-07-0 |page=13 |edition=1999}}</ref>

In 1955, locomotives D3117 to D3122 entered traffic fitted with Crossley 6-cyl ESNT6 engines and two Crompton Parkinson traction motors. The same year, D3137 to D3151 entered service with Blackstone 6-cyl ER6T engines and GEC traction motors, as did D3439 to D3543, D3473 to D3502, DD3612 to D3651 and D4049 to D4094. Another batch, D3152 to D3166 had Blackstone engines but BTH traction motors.<ref name="ABC1960">{{cite book |title=British Rail Motive Power |date=1960 |publisher=Ian Allan |location=Shepperton |pages=167–173}}</ref>

== Design variations ==
There were variations on the basic design, which were given the following TOPS design codes:
{{clear|left}}
{|class="wikitable"
! TOPS design code
! Electrical system
! Max speed
! Weight
! Brakes
! Route availability
! Notes
|-
| 08-0AV
| 90 V
| rowspan="3" | {{convert|20|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on}}
| {{convert|49.8|LT|t ST|sigfig=3}}
| Vacuum
| rowspan="10" |5
|
|-
| 08-0BX
| 110 V
| {{convert|50.4|LT|t ST|sigfig=3}}
| Dual
|
|-
| 08-0CA
| rowspan="4" | 90 V
| {{convert|49.6|LT|t ST|sigfig=3}}
| Air
|
|-
| 08-0DV
| rowspan="11" | {{convert|15|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on}}
| {{convert|49.8|LT|t ST|sigfig=3}}
| Vacuum
|
|-
| 08-0BX
| {{convert|50.4|LT|t ST|sigfig=3}}
| Dual
|
|-
| 08-0FA
| {{convert|49.6|LT|t ST|sigfig=3}}
| Air
|
|-
| 08-0KX
| rowspan="3" | 110 V
| rowspan="2" | {{convert|50.4|LT|t ST|sigfig=3}}
| rowspan="2" | Dual
|
|-
| 08-0LX
| [[Scharfenberg coupler]] Adapter fitted
|-
| 08-0MA
| rowspan="2" | {{convert|49.8|LT|t ST|sigfig=3}}
| rowspan="6" | Air
|
|-
| 08-0NA
| rowspan="3" | 90 V
| rowspan="4" | Fitted with [[Janney coupler|Buckeye]] couplings
|-
| 08-0PA
| rowspan="3" | {{convert|51.0|LT|t ST|sigfig=3}}
| rowspan="4" | 6
|-
| 08-0QA
|-
| 08-0RA
| rowspan="2" | 110 V
|-
| 08-0SA
| {{convert|49.0|LT|t ST|sigfig=3}}
|
|}

=== Class 08/9 ===
[[File:Normal height and shorty 34782415782.jpg|thumb|right|08 266 (left) alongside cut-down 08 993 (right) at the [[Keighley & Worth Valley Railway]] in 2017, showing the lower height of the 08/9 subclass.]] 
Class 08/9 locomotives were modified from the standard class by having headlights and lowered bodywork, with the overall height reduced to {{cvt|11|ft|10|in|m}}, for use on the [[Burry Port and Gwendraeth Valley Railway]] up to {{stnlnk|Cwmmawr}}. In 2007, three were used on infrastructure trains on the [[Manchester Metrolink]].<ref name=KWVR/>

{|class="wikitable"
! TOPS design code
! Electrical system
! Max speed
! Weight
! Brakes
! Notes
|-
|08-9AV
| rowspan="3" |  90 V
| rowspan="3" | {{convert|15|mi/h|km/h|abbr=on}}
| {{convert|49.8|LT|t ST|sigfig=3}}
| Vacuum
|08 991 converted from 08 203<br>08 992 converted from 08 259
|-
|08-9CX
| {{convert|50.4|LT|t ST|sigfig=3}}
| Dual
|08 993 converted from 08 592
|-
|08-9DA 
| {{convert|49.6|LT|t ST|sigfig=3}}
| Air
|08 994 converted from 08 462<br>08 995 converted from 08 687
|}

===BR Class 13===
{{main|British Rail Class 13}}
Six Class 08 units were adapted for a specialist role at [[Tinsley Marshalling Yard]], where there was a requirement for more powerful shunters. These locomotives were permanently coupled together in pairs as a '[[cow–calf|master and slave]]' (the slave unit with its cab removed) and reclassified as Class 13. All were withdrawn by 1985.{{sfn|Marsden|1981|pages=109-109}}<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Marsden |first1=Colin J. |title=Locomotive Directory |journal=Modern Locomotives Illustrated |date=2018 |issue=230 |page=43}}</ref>

==Fleet==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+A full list of Class 08s operating on the National Rail network<ref>{{Cite book |last=Pritchard |first=Robert |title=Locomotives: The complete guide to all Locomotives which operate on the national railway and Eurotunnel networks |publisher=Platform 5 Publishing |year=2022 |isbn=9781909431829 |edition=36th |location=Sheffield}}</ref><!--The book used to source the information in the table gives the owner, not an "operator". Please do NOT change this without a new source.-->
!Numbers
!Owners
!Location
!Comments
|-
|08220
|English Electric Preservation
|[[Nottingham Heritage Railway|Nottingham Transport Heritage Centre]], Ruddington
|
|-
|08308, 08523, 08573, 08613, 08885, 08936
| rowspan="9" |[[RMS Locotec]]
|[[Weardale Railway]], Wolsingham, County Durham
|
* 08308 carries the number "23". In 2023 it became a battery powered prototype for Positive Traction of Chesterfield.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-10-20 |title=British pioneers spark new battery-powered life into centurion shunter |url=https://www.railtech.com/all/2023/10/20/british-pioneers-spark-new-battery-powered-life-into-centurion-shunter/ |access-date=2023-11-03 |website=RailTech.com}}</ref>
* 08613 carries the symbol "H064"
* 08885 carries the symbol "H042" and the number "18"
|-
|08375
|Port of Boston, Lincolnshire
|
|-
|08423, 08788, 08847, 08874
|[[PD Ports]], Grangetown, Middlesbrough
|
* 08423 carries the name ''LOCO 2'' and the number "14"
* 08847 carries the name ''LOCO 1''
|-
|08588, 08700
|[[Ilford EMU Depot|Ilford Depot]], London
|
* 08588 carries the symbol "H047"
|-
|08622, 08809
|[[Ketton Cement Works]], Rutland
|
* 08622 carries the symbol "H028" and the number "19"
* 08809 carries the number "24"
|-
|08648
|[[Inverness TMD|Inverness Depot]], Highlands
|
|-
|08754
|[[Wolverton railway works|Wolverton Works]], Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
|
* Carries the symbol "H054"
|-
|08756, 08871
|Derby RTC, Derbyshire
|
* 08871 carries the symbol "H074"
|-
|08762
|Attero Recycling, Rossington, Doncaster, South Yorkshire
|
* Carries the symbol "H067"
|-
|08331
|[[British Rail Class 20|Class 20]]
|[[Midland Railway – Butterley|Midland Railway]], Butterley
|
|-
|08389, 08877, 08924
| rowspan="11" |[[Harry Needle Railroad Company]]
|Tremorfa Steelworks, Cardiff
|
* 08924 carries the name ''CELSA 2''
|-
|08417, 08428, 08742, 08765, 08782, 08786, 08798, 08799, 08824, 08943
|[[Barrow Hill Engine Shed|Barrow Hill Roundhouse]], Chesterfield, Derbyshire
|
* 08824 carries the name ''IEMD 01''
|-
|08500, 08578, 08602, 08802, 08818, 08892, 08904
|Worksop Depot, Nottinghamshire
|
* 08602 carries the number "004"
* 08818 carries the name ''Molly'' and the number "4"
|-
|08502, 08676, 08685, 08804
|[[East Kent Light Railway]], Shepherdswell
|
|-
|08527, 08630, 08711, 08918, 08994
|[[Nemesis Rail]], Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire
|
* 08630 carries the name ''CELSA 3''
|-
|08623, 08682, 08714, 08879, 08905
|[[Hope Cement Works]], Derbyshire
|
* 08682 carries the name ''Lionheart''
|-
|08653, 08701, 08706
|[[Battlefield Line Railway]], Leicestershire
|
|-
|08834
|[[Allerton TMD|Allerton Depot]], Liverpool
|
|-
|08865
|[[Central Rivers TMD|Central Rivers Depot]], Barton-under-Needwood, Staffordshire
|
* Carries the name ''GILLY''
|-
|08868
|[[Arriva TrainCare|Arriva Train Care]], Crewe, Cheshire
|
|-
|08872
|[[European Metal Recycling]], Attercliffe, South Yorkshire
|
|-
|08401, 08571
| rowspan="6" |Ed Murray & Sons
|[[Hunslet Engine Company]], Barton-under-Needwood, Staffordshire
|
|-
|08445
|[[Daventry International Rail Freight Terminal|Daventry International Railfreight Terminal]], Northamptonshire
|
|-
|08472, 08596
|[[Craigentinny TMD|Craigentinny Depot]], Edinburgh
|
|-
|08615, 08823
|Shotton Works, Deesside
|
* 08615 carries the name ''UNCLE DAI''
* 08823 carries the name ''KEVLA''
|-
|08643
|[[Merehead Quarry|Merehead Rail Terminal]], Somerset
|
|-
|08669, 08724, 08853
|[[Doncaster Works]], South Yorkshire
|
* 08669 Carries the name ''Bob Machin''
|-
|08405
| rowspan="14" |Railway Support Services
|[[Neville Hill TMD|Neville Hill Depot]], Leeds
|
|-
|08411, 08460, 08536, 08568, 08593, 08632, 08652, 08663, 08709, 08730, 08752, 08921, 08927
|Rye Farm, Wishaw, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands
|
* 08460 carries the name ''SPIRIT OF THE OAK''
* 08568 carries the name ''St. Rollox''
* 08927 carries the number "D4157"
|-
|08441, 08484
|[[Crown Point TMD|Crown Point Depot]], Norwich
|
* 08484 carries the name ''CAPTAIN NATHANIEL DARELL''
|-
|08480, 08511
|[[Port of Felixstowe|Felixstowe Terminal]], Suffolk
|
|-
|08507
|[[Cholsey and Wallingford Railway|Cholsey & Wallingford Railway]], Oxfordshire
|
|-
|08516
|[[Arriva TrainCare|Arriva Train Care]], [[Bristol Barton Hill TMD|Bristol Barton Hill]]
|
|-
|08580
|Garston Car Terminal, Liverpool
|
|-
|08670
|[[Bescot Yard]], West Midlands
|
|-
|08683
|Eastleigh East Yard, Hampshire
|
|-
|08703
|Willesden Euroterminal Stone Terminal, Greater London
|
* Carries the name ''Jermaine''
|-
|08738
|[[Chasewater Railway]], Staffordshire
|
|-
|08846
|[[Tyseley TMD|Tyseley Depot]], Birmingham
|
* Carries the number "003"
|-
|08899
|[[Whitemoor marshalling yard|Whitemoor Yard]], March, Cambridgeshire
|
* Carries the name ''Midland Counties Railway/175 1839-2014''
|-
|08939
|Springs Branch Depot, Wigan, Greater Manchester
|
|-
|08410, 08598, 08600, 08774, 08912
|AV Dawson
|Ayrton Rail Terminal, Middlesbrough
|
* 08774 carries the name ''ARTHUR VERNON DAWSON''
|-
|08418, 08485, 08678
|[[West Coast Railways]]
|[[Carnforth MPD|Carnforth Depot]], Lancashire
|
* 08678 carries the number "555"
|-
|08442, 08735, 08810
|[[Arriva UK Trains]]
|[[Arriva TrainCare|Arriva Train Care]], Eastleigh, Hampshire
|
* 08442 carries the number "0042"
* 08735 carries the name G''eoff Hobbs 42''
* 08810 carries the name ''RICHARD J. WENHAM/EASTLEIGH DEPOT/DECEMBER 1989 - JULY 1999''
|-
|08447
|Russell Logistics
|Assentra Rail, Hamilton, Glasgow
|
|-
|08451
| rowspan="6" |[[Alstom]]
|Arlington Fleet Services, Eastleigh, Hampshire
|
|-
|08454, 08721
|Widnes Technology Centre, Cheshire
|
* 08721 Carries the name ''Ken Davies''<ref>{{cite web
| last = Wareing
| first = Dan
| title = Locomotive named after worker for 50 years of service
| website = BBC.co.uk
| publisher = BBC News, Merseyside 
| date = February 19, 2025
| url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c93n58jv45wo
| access-date = September 1, 2025}}</ref>
|-
|08611, 08696
|[[Wembley Intercity Depot|Wembley Depot]], Greater London
|
|-
|08617
|Oxley Depot, Wolverhampton
|
* Carries the name ''Steve Purser''
|-
|08764, 08887, 08954
|[[Polmadie TRSMD|Polmadie Depot]], Glasgow
|
|-
|08790
|[[Longsight Electric TMD|Longsight Depot]], Greater Manchester
|
* Carries the name ''LONGSIGHT TMD''
|-
|08483, 08780
| rowspan="3" |[[Locomotive Services Limited]]
|[[Crewe Diesel TMD|Crewe Diesel Depot]], Cheshire
|
* 08483 carries the name ''Bungle''
* 08780 carries the name ''Zippy'' and the number "D3948"
|-
|08631
|[[Weardale Railway]], Wolsingham, County Durham
|
|-
|08737
|[[Southall DMU Depot|Southall Depot]], Greater London
|
* Carries the number "D3905"
|-
|08499
|[[Transport for Wales Rail|Transport for Wales]]
|[[Cardiff Canton TMD|Canton Depot]], Cardiff
|
* Carries the name ''REDLIGHT''
|-
|08525, 08690, 08908, 08950
|[[Northern Trains]]
|[[Neville Hill TMD|Neville Hill Depot]], Leeds
|
* 08525 carries the name ''DUNCAN BEDFORD''
* 08690 carries the name ''DAVID THIRKILL''
* 08950 carries the name ''DAVID LIGHTFOOT''
|-
|08530
| rowspan="6" |[[Freightliner Group|Freightliner]]
|Hunslet Engine Company, Barton-under-Needwood, Staffordshire
|
|-
|08531
|[[Port of Felixstowe|Felixstowe Terminal]], Suffolk
|
|-
|08575, 08785
|[[Nemesis Rail]], Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire
|
|-
|08585
|Southampton Maritime, Hampshire
|
* Carries the name ''Vicky''
|-
|08624
|Trafford Park Terminal, Greater Manchester
|
* Carries the name ''Rambo PAUL RAMSEY''
|-
|08691, 08891
|[[Ipswich railway station|Ipswich Yard]], Suffolk
|
* 08691 carries the name ''Terri''
|-
|08567
|Arlington Fleet Services
|Arlington Fleet Services, Eastleigh, Hampshire
|
|-
|08605, 08704
|[[Riviera Trains]]
|[[Knottingley TMD|Knottingley Depot]], West Yorkshire
|
* 08605 carries the name ''WIGAN 2''
|-
|08616
| rowspan="2" |[[West Midlands Trains]]
|[[Tyseley TMD|Tyseley Depot]], Birmingham
|
* Carries the names ''TYSELEY 100''/''Bam Bam'' and the number "3783"
|-
|08805
|[[Soho TMD|Soho Depot]], Birmingham
|
* Carries the name ''Hunslet''<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Overhaul for West Midlands '08' |magazine=[[Rail Express]]|issue=331|date=December 2023|page=21}}</ref>
|-
|08629
|[[Europhoenix]]
|Eastleigh East Yard, Hampshire
|
|-
|08641, 08644, 08836
| rowspan="3" |[[Great Western Railway (train operating company)|Great Western Railway]]
|[[Laira Traction and Rolling Stock Maintenance Depot|Laira Depot]], Plymouth
|
* 08641 carries the name ''Pride of Laira''
* 08644 carries the name ''Laira Diesel Depot/50 years 1962-2012''
|-
|08645
|Long Rock Depot, Penzance, Cornwall
|
* Carries the name ''St. Piran''
|-
|08822
|[[St Philip's Marsh depot|St Philips Marsh Depot]], Bristol
|
* Carries the name ''Dave Mills''
|-
|08649
|Meteor Power
|[[Wolverton railway works|Wolverton Works]], Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
|
* Carries the name ''Bradwell''
|-
|08650, 08933
| rowspan="2" |[[Mendip Rail]]
|[[Whatley Quarry]], Somerset
|
|-
|08787, 08947
|Hunslet Engine Company, Barton-under-Needwood, Staffordshire
|
* 08787 carries the number "08296"
|-
|08743, 08903
|SembCorp Utilities
|Wilton, Middlesbrough
|
* 08743 carries the name ''Bryan Turner''
* 08903 carries the name ''John W Antill''
|-
|08783, 08913
|[[European Metal Recycling]]
|Kingsbury Recycling Plant, Warwickshire
|
|-
|08850
| colspan="2" |[[North Yorkshire Moors Railway]]
|
|-
|08925
| rowspan="2" |[[GB Railfreight]]
|HNRC, Worksop Depot, Nottinghamshire
|
|-
|08934
|[[Whitemoor marshalling yard|Whitemoor Yard]], March, Cambridgeshire
|
* Carries the number "D4164"
|-
|08937
|Bardon Aggregates
|[[Meldon Quarry]], Devon
|
* Carries the number "D4167"
|-
|08948
|[[Eurostar]]
|[[Temple Mills Depot]], Greater London
|
|-
|08956
|LORAM
|[[Barrow Hill Engine Shed|Barrow Hill Roundhouse]], Chesterfield, Derbyshire
|
|-
|08757, 08922
| rowspan="5" |''Unknown''
|Rye Farm, Wishaw, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands
|
* 08757 carries the name ''EAGLE [[Cambridge University Railway Club|C.U.R.C.]]''
|-
|08784
|[[Nottingham Heritage Railway|Nottingham Transport Heritage Centre]], Ruddington
|
|-
|08795
|[[Landore TMD|Landore Depot]], Swansea
|
|-
|08825
|[[Bescot Yard]], West Midlands
|
|-
|08870
|[[Great Yarmouth railway station|Great Yarmouth]], Norfolk
|
|}

==Preservation==
[[file:08915 North Tyneside Steam Railway.jpg|thumb|right|08 915 at the [[North Tyneside Steam Railway]]]]
{{main|List of preserved British Rail Class 08 locomotives}}
Continuing in its designed-for role as a shunter, the Class 08 has been found useful by numerous [[heritage railway]]s in the UK. With over 70 examples preserved,<ref name=wnxx/> they are the second most numerous class of preserved locomotive in the UK.

== Models ==
{{more citations needed section|date=August 2012}}
Several manufacturers have produced models of Class 08 shunters. In [[OO scale]], [[G & R Wrenn|Wrenn]], [[Tri-ang]], [[Hornby Railways]] and [[Bachmann Branchline]] all produced models. [[Lima (models)|Lima]] also produced a model in several different liveries, but it was of the near-identical [[British Rail Class 09|Class 09]].

Since 2000, both Bachmann Branchline and Hornby have released much more detailed models, in a variety of liveries and with a variety of appropriate detail variations.

In [[British N gauge]], [[Graham Farish]] produced a relatively crude all-metal version, made in England, lacking outside frames and with a too-wide bonnet that was discontinued in 2007. A more detailed version with outside frames and a scale-width diecast bonnet was unveiled 2008 under the brand Graham Farish by Bachmann following the sale of the company.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Brand new Class 08 shows the true detail of 'N'|first=Mike|last=Wild|magazine=Hornby Magazine|pages=72|issue=18|date=December 2008|location=Hersham|publisher=Ian Allan Publishing|issn=1753-2469|oclc=226087101}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111001051432/http://www.bachmann.co.uk/pr1.php?id=157 |title=Farish Class 08 diesel shunter emerges at Redhill |website=bachmann.co.uk |url= http://www.bachmann.co.uk/pr1.php?id=157 |url-status=dead |date=17 May 2008 |archive-date=1 October 2011}}</ref>

==Notes and references==
{{notelist|refs=
{{efn|name=fn1|Since the most numerous British main-line (non-shunting) class, the Class 47, numbers 512 examples.<ref>Railway Centre York: A Pictorial and Historic Survey, David Mather, Pen and Sword Transport, 2022</ref>}}
}}
{{Reflist}}

== Further reading ==
* {{cite book | last = Lund | first = E | title = To the last drop | publisher = Longden technical Publications | year = 1980 | location = Chesterfield | isbn = 0-9507063-0-2}}
* {{cite book|url=http://www.barrowmoremrg.co.uk/BRBDocuments/Locos/Book_No_120_web.pdf|title=Vehicle Diagram Book No. 120 for Shunting Diesel Locomotives|via=Barrowmore MRG|publisher=British Railways Board|location=Derby|date=April 1974|at=08-a, 08-b, 08-c, 08-d, 08-e, 08-f, 08-0k, 08-9d}}
* {{Cite Q|Q105978228|last = Williams | first = Alan |author2=Percival, David}}
* {{cite magazine|title=D3002 saved|magazine=[[Rail (magazine)|Rail Enthusiast]]|publisher=EMAP National Publications|date=September 1982|page=58|issn=0262-561X|oclc=49957965}}
* {{cite magazine|title=What's in an 08?|first=Basil|last=Cooper|magazine=[[Rail (magazine)|Rail Enthusiast]]|publisher=EMAP National Publications|date=March 1983|pages=12–13|issn=0262-561X|oclc=49957965}}

==External links==
{{commons category|British Rail Class 08}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090524213434/http://englishelectricpreservation.co.uk/fleet/class-08 Restoration work on Class 08 – 08220]

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