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The British Rail Class 08 was the standard class of diesel locomotive designed for shunting. From 1953 to 1962, 996 locomotives were produced, making it the most numerous of all British locomotive classes. There were also 26 of the near-identical but higher-geared Class 09, and 171 similar locomotives fitted with different engines and transmissions (some of which became Class 10), which together brought the total number of outwardly-similar machines to 1193.
Since their introduction, the nature of rail freight in Britain has changed considerably, reducing or removing the need for shunting, therefore only a few Class 08 locomotives remain in service today. However, many have found an active retirement on heritage railways in Britain, with around 87 examples being classed as preserved. Another was preserved at Crewe, but scrapped in 2009. There may be more yet unregistered Class 08 shunters still working in Britain or abroad.[citation needed] Their low maintenance requirements means that most of them are still in operational condition, with only a small number of examples currently awaiting restoration, as of 2023.
Preserved examples
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Name | Location | Current Status | Livery | Image | |||
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| 13000 | D3000 | - | 13046 | - | Peak Rail | Awaiting overhaul; first one built | BR Black | |
| 13002 | D3002 | - | - | - | Plym Valley Railway | Operational | BR Black | 
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| 13014 | D3014 | - | - | Samson | Dartmouth Steam Railway | Operational | BR Green, Dart Rail insignia | 
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| 13018 | D3018 | 08011 | - | Haversham | Chinnor and Princes Risborough Railway | Operational | BR Green | .jpg)
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| 13019 | D3019 | - | - | - | Cambrian Heritage Railways | Operational | Blue and White | |
| 13022 | D3022 | 08015 | - | - | Severn Valley Railway | Operational | BR Green | .jpg)
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| 13023 | D3023 | 08016 | - | Geoff L Wright (not carried) | Peak Rail | Operational Last of first Batch | BR Blue | |
| 13029 | D3029 | 08021 | - | - | Tyseley Locomotive Works | Operational | BR Black | _(5555394991).jpg)
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| 13030 | D3030 | 08022 | - | Lion | Cholsey and Wallingford Railway | Operational | Guinness Black | 
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| 13044 | D3044 | 08032 | 33 | Mendip | Mid Hants Railway | Undergoing repairs | Yeoman Blue | 
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| 13059 | D3059 | 08046 | - | Brechin City | Caledonian Railway (Brechin) | Operational | BR Green | |
| 13067 | D3067 | 08054 | - | - | Embsay and Bolton Abbey Railway | stored awaiting re-wiring | BR Blue | 
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| 13074 | D3074 | 08060 | - | Unicorn | Cholsey and Wallingford Railway | Operational | Guinness Black | 
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| 13079 | D3079 | 08064 | - | - | National Railway Museum | Operational | Black | |
| 13101 | D3101 | - | 3101 | - | Great Central Railway | Operational | BR Green | 
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| 13167 | D3167 | 08102 | - | - | Lincolnshire Wolds Railway | Operational | BR Green | |
| 11374 | D3174 | 08108 | 3174 | Dover Castle | Kent and East Sussex Railway | Under overhaul | Black | |
| 13180 | D3180 | 08114 | - | - | Great Central Railway (Nottingham) | Operational | BR Blue | |
| 13190 | D3190 | 08123 | - | George Mason | Cholsey and Wallingford Railway | Operational | BR Green | |
| 13201 | D3201 | 08133 | - | - | Severn Valley Railway | Under Overhaul | BR Green | |
| 13232 | D3232 | 08164 | - | Prudence | East Lancashire Railway | Operational | BR Blue | 
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| 13236 | D3236 | 08168 | - | - | Battlefield Line Railway | Operational; on loan to the Bluebell Railway | BR Black | |
| 13255 | D3255 | - | - | - | Private site, Leavening, North Yorkshire | To be restored | N/A | |
| 13261 | D3261 | - | - | - | Swindon and Cricklade Railway | Operational | BR Green | |
| 13265 | D3265 | 08195 | WD40 | Mark | Llangollen Railway | Operational | BR Black | |
| 13272 | D3272 | 08202 | - | - | Avon Valley Railway | Operational | BR Blue | |
| 13290 | D3290 | 08220 | - | - | Great Central Railway (Nottingham) | Operational | BR Blue | |
| 13308 | D3308 | 08238 | - | Charlie | Dean Forest Railway | Light duties only | BR Blue with Wasp Stripes | |
| 13336 | D3336 | 08266 | - | - | Keighley and Worth Valley Railway | Under Overhaul | BR Engineers Grey | |
| 13358 | D3358 | 08288 | - | Phoenix | Mid Hants Railway | Operational | BR Blue | |
| - | D3308 | 08308 | - | - | Barrow Hill Roundhouse | Operational, converted to battery power[1] | Green & silver | |
| - | D3401 | 08331 | - | - | Midland Railway - Butterley | Operational | Black | |
| - | D3420 | 08350 | - | - | Crewe Heritage Centre | Scrapped at Ron Hull, Rotherham 19/9/08[citation needed] | BR Green | |
| - | D3429 | 08359 | - | - | Bodmin & Wenford Railway | Operational | BR Blue | |
| - | D3462 | 08377 | - | - | Mid Hants Railway | Operational | BR Green | |
| - | D3503 | 08388 | - | - | Private Site | Scrapped in October 2010[citation needed] | Trainload Petroleum | |
| - | D3411 | 08411 | - | - | Colne Valley Railway | under restoration | BR Dutch grey | |
| - | D3551 | 08436 | - | - | Swanage Railway | Operational | Black | |
| - | D3558 | 08443 | - | - | Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway | Operational | BR Green (No Logo) | |
| - | D3559 | 08444 | - | - | Bodmin and Wenford Railway | Operational | BR Green | |
| - | D3560 | 08445 | - | - | Daventry IRFT | Awaiting repair | Yellow | |
| - | D3586 | 08471 | - | - | Severn Valley Railway | Operational | BR Green | |
| - | D3588 | 08473 | - | - | Dean Forest Railway | Source of spares empty shell as of 2/7/16[citation needed] | BR Blue | 
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| - | D3591 | 08476 | - | - | Swanage Railway | Operational | BR Green | 
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| 13594 | D3594 | 08479 | - | - | East Lancashire Railway | Operational | BR Black | |
| - | D3596 | 08481 | - | - | Vale of Glamorgan Railway | Scrapped 6 May 2011 at EMR[citation needed] | BR Blue | |
| - | D3605 | 08490 | - | - | Strathspey Railway | Operational | BR Green | 
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| - | D3610 | 08495 | - | - | North Yorkshire Moors Railway | Operational | BR Blue | 
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| - | D3617 | 08502 | - | Lybert Dickinson (not carried) | East Kent Railway[2] | Operational - stored | All-over Blue | |
| - | D3690 | 08528 | - | - | Derwent Valley Light Railway | Operational | BR Green | |
| - | D3723 | 08556 | - | - | North Yorkshire Moors Railway | Operational | BR Green | |
| - | D3743 | 08576 | - | - | ?? | Awaiting restoration | BR Blue | |
| - | D3757 | 08590 | - | Red Lion | Midland Railway - Butterley | Operational | BR Blue[a] | |
| - | D3759 | 08592 | 08993 | - | Keighley and Worth Valley Railway | Operational | EWS Maroon and Gold | |
| - | D3761 | 08594 | - | - | Private Site | Awaiting overhaul | BR Blue | |
| - | D3771 | 08604 | 604 | Phantom | Didcot Railway Centre | Operational | BR Blue | |
| D3772 | 08605 | Ecclesbourne Valley Railway | Operational[3] | DB Red | 
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| - | D3795 | 08628 | - | - | EMR Kingsbury[citation needed] | Scrapped as of 19/5/16 at EMR Kingsbury[citation needed] | BR Blue | 
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| - | D3796 | 08629 | - | - | Chinnor and Princes Risborough Railway | Operational | Knorr-Bremse - Green, White and Dark Blue Stripes | |
| - | - | 08631 | - | Betsy | Bombardier Transportation | Operational | BR Blue | |
| - | D3800 | 08633 | - | - | Churnet Valley Railway | Operational | BR Green | |
| - | D3802 | 08635 | H3802 | - | Severn Valley Railway | Undergoing conversion to hydrogen power[4] | BR Green | |
| - | D3830 | 08663 | - | St Silas (nameplates removed) | Avon Valley Railway | Not operational at present | BR Blue | |
| - | - | 08682 | - | Lionheart | Bombardier Transportation | Operational | Designed by the winner of a children's painting competition | |
| - | D3861 | 08694 | - | - | Great Central Railway | Operational | EWS | |
| - | D3867 | 08700 | - | - | East Lancashire Railway | Operational | BR Blue | |
| - | D3871 | 08704 | - | - | Private Site | Operational | BR Green | |
| - | D3902 | 08734 | - | - | Dean Forest Railway | Undergoing restoration with parts from 08473. | Blue | |
| - | D3918 | 08750 | - | - | Scrapped | Scrapped by Wanted Scrap Metals Ltd, Shildon as of 18/12/18[citation needed] | Black | |
| D3926 | 08757 | - | - | Telford Steam Railway | Operational | RES | ||
| - | D3935 | 08767 | - | - | North Norfolk Railway | Undergoing overhaul | BR Green | |
| - | D3937 | 08769 | - | Gladys | Dean Forest Railway | Operational | BR Green | |
| - | D3940 | 08772 | - | Tiny/Camulodunum | North Norfolk Railway | Operational | BR Green | |
| - | D3941 | 08773 | - | - | Embsay and Bolton Abbey Steam Railway | Operational | BR Blue | 
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| - | D3948 | 08780 | - | Fred | Jeremy Hosking | Operational | Dark Blue | |
| - | D3952 | 08784 | - | - | Longport | Operational | Railfreight Grey | |
| - | D3991 | 08823 | - | - | LH Barton | Operational | Hunslet Orange and Blue | |
| - | D3993 | 08825 | - | - | Chinnor and Princes Risborough Railway | Operational | BR Blue | |
| - | D4018 | 08850 | 4018 | - | North Yorkshire Moors Railway | Operational | BR Blue | |
| - | D4033 | 08865 | - | - | East Kent Light Railway | Operational | EWS | |
| - | D4118 | 08888 | - | - | Gwili Railway[5] | Operational | BR Green | |
| - | D4137 | 08907 | - | - | Great Central Railway | Operational | BR Green | |
| - | D4141 | 08911 | - | Matey | National Railway Museum Shildon | Operational | BR Blue (with small NRM logo) | .jpg)
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| - | D4145 | 08915 | - | - | North Tyneside Steam Railway | Operational | BR Blue | |
| - | D4157 | 08922 | - | - | Spa Valley Railway[6] | Operational | RailFreight Grey | |
| - | D4167 | 08937 | - | Bluebell Mel | Dartmoor Railway | Operational | BR Green | |
| - | D4174 | 08944 | - | - | East Lancashire Railway | Awaiting repair | Black | 
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| - | D3854 | 08995 | 08687 | Kidwelly | Gwendraeth railway society[7] | Under Repair | EWS Maroon and Gold | |
- ^ a possible reference to 16440 and 16410
See also
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Preserved British Rail Class 08s.
- ^ "A closer look at a battery-powered Class 08 prototype". www.railexpress.co.uk. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
- ^ "The East Kent Railway". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
- ^ "Engine Shed – Ecclesbourne Valley Railway". Retrieved 14 August 2020.
- ^ "Harrier HydroShunter project to convert locomotive from diesel to hydrogen traction". www.birmingham.ac.uk. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
- ^ "Shunter News". Railways Illustrated. No. 239. January 2023. p. 23.
- ^ "Stock List". Spa Valley Railway. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
- ^ Jones, Robin (12 June 2020). "Third loco for Gwendraeth revivalists as cut- down 08 comes home". Heritage Railway.