BR Class 08 - BR Blue (Red Running Plate) - 08912 ERA_Iarnrod Eireann Accurascale has obsessively replicated these

Accurascale has obsessively replicated these characteristic features in the smaller scale with a composite die-cast and plastic design that includes full underframe detail and brake equipment

31106 on test trains

a nod to its current home base

37140 was a late survivor in BR blue

BR Class 08 - BR Blue (Red Running Plate) - 08912 ERA_Iarnrod Eireann Accurascale has obsessively replicated theseEnglish 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