BR Class 08 - BR Blue - 08910 Locomotive Class_Class 31 110 profile wheel-sets with 14

110 profile wheel-sets with 14

) The second starring role for 196 happened in 167 when once again the Longmoor railway was used as a set

Later renumbered 31001 it was among the first ‘Toffee Apples’ – so named because of the shape of the power handle - to be withdrawn

in CIE Black Livery

and a new serifed lettering style was adopted

BR Class 08 - BR Blue - 08910 Locomotive Class_Class 31 110 profile wheel-sets with 14English 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