BR Class 08

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BR Class 08: a train class with 21 vehicles recorded across 10 operators. Built by BR from 1953. The Gronk — with 996 built it was Britain's most numerous locomotive class, and roughly a hundred still shunt depots, quarries and yards over seventy years on.

Type: Train
Manufacturer: BR
Model: Class 08
Introduced: 1953
Discontinued: 1962
Status: discontinued

Operators 10

Vehicles 21

Fleet no.	Registration	Operator	Built	Status
08389	–	Harry Needle Railroad Company	–	active
08405	–	Railway Support Services	–	active
08423	–	PD Ports	–	active
08499	–	Transport for Wales	–	active
08525	–	Northern	–	active
08530	–	Freightliner	–	active
08616	–	West Midlands Trains	–	active
08641	–	Great Western Railway	–	active
08644	–	Great Western Railway	–	active
08650	–	Mendip Rail	–	active
08690	–	Northern	–	active
08788	–	PD Ports	–	active
08836	–	Great Western Railway	–	active
08847	–	PD Ports	–	active
08874	–	PD Ports	–	active
08877	–	Harry Needle Railroad Company	–	active
08908	–	Northern	–	active
08924	–	Harry Needle Railroad Company	–	active
08925	–	GB Railfreight	–	active
08933	–	Mendip Rail	–	active
08950	–	Northern	–	active

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