BR Class 08 - BR Blue (Red Running Plate) - 08912 Wagon Type_Palvan in 1969 the still embryonic

in 1969 the still embryonic Northern Ireland Railways set out to improve the Dublin-Belfast ‘Enterprise’ service

·      Plywood bodyside

Extra fine factory fitted detail plastic parts

with SR Standard Brown sole bar and black ironwork

It later gained the black roof version of the livery before being repainted in the original Network SouthEast scheme in July 1986

BR Class 08 - BR Blue (Red Running Plate) - 08912 Wagon Type_Palvan in 1969 the still embryonicEnglish 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