Class 08 diesel shunter 13180 is about to be engaged in a spot of shunting at the Nottingham Transport Heritage Centre at Ruddington, 4th April 2009.

Locomotive History
13180 was built at Derby works and entered traffic in October 1955 allocated to Derby MPD. Two months later it transferred to Saltley however its stay was brief as it was back as a Derby engine in March 1956. In June 1956 it transferred to Cricklewood East where in December 1959 it was re-numbered D3180 under the 1957 re-numbering scheme. It would remain at Cricklewood until November 1967 when it returned to Derby. Its final transfer to Doncaster was in October 1971 where it was renumbered 08114 under the 1973 TOPS scheme and from where it was withdrawn in November 1983. 08114 managed to evade the scrap yard and by 1993 was at the Great Central Railway at Loughborough. It has since made the short journey to the Great Central Railway (North) where it is currently (December 2015) the resident operational yard pilot engine.

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North Yorkshire Moors Railway New Bridge PWay yard pilot on the 12th April 2009 is 08556.

Locomotive History
08566 was originally D3723 being a product of Darlington Works and entered traffic in October 1959. Originally allocated to Kings Cross MPD it soon transferred to the new diesel depot at Finsbury Park when it opened in 1962. It remained at Finsbury Park until May 1977 when it migrated to the Southern Region at Eastleigh. It was back to London in January 1979 with a transfer to Selhurst and it would remain a London engine until withdrawn in July 1990 with spells at Bletchley from July 1985 (although in reality it was usually out-stationed at Marylebone as the pilot engine for the DMU depot), Old Oak Common from January 1988 and Willesden from April 1989.

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08590 “runs round” the Midland Railway Centre class 127 DMU set at Hammersmith, 26th April 2009. The DMU set is being used as hauled stock on this occasion and is providing a shuttle service between Butterley and Swanwick with 08590 (in its awful maroon livery) providing traction.

Locomotive History
08590 is a Crewe built class 08 and was originally D3757. It entered traffic in October 1959 and was originally allocated to Danygraig MPD, Swansea. Its stay in South Wales was short and in February 1960 it transferred to Oxley moving to nearby Bescot when Oxley closed in April 1967. It remained at Bescot for the next seventeen years until stored in July 1984. Six months later it received its last classified repair at Swindon works and in March 1985 it emerge dual brake equipped and allocated to Neville Hill. In September 1990 it transferred to Gateshead and in July 1991 it transferred to nearby Heaton from where it was withdrawn in September 1993.

Unit History
The class 127 DMU was built in 1958 as a four car set for St Pancras suburban duties. They were withdrawn from passenger service in 1983 when the St Pancras suburban route was electrified and the two Driving Motor Brake Seconds vehicles were converted to parcels units, however both have been converted back to original condition by the Midland Railway Trust Railcar Group.

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A “Well B” machinery wagon 11813 loaded with a van body sits in the headshunt at New Bridge PWay yard, North Yorkshire Moors Railway, 12th April 2009. This vehicle is a product of the London and South Western Railway and was built at Eastleigh Works in 1921. In the 1950’s it was transferred to departmental stock and used as a cripple wagon for EMU bogies. It arrived on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway in 1975 and was refurbished in October 2004 including chassis repairs and a completely new floor. It left the North Yorkshire Moors Railway in June 2010 for display at the National Railway Museum at Shildon .

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D8007 sits in the spring sunshine at the Nottingham Transport Heritage Centre, Ruddington, 4th April 2009.

Locomotive History
D8007 is one of the original batch of twenty “Pilot Scheme” Class 20 locomotives built by English Electric. It entered traffic in September 1957 allocated to Devons Road MPD in Bow, London to work cross-London transfer freights. It remained in the London area until July 1969 when it began its migration north, first to Toton then in October 1970 to Tinsley and finally in October 1971 to north of the border to Haymarket. In October 1974 it came south again and was allocated to Immingham before moving to Tinsley in March 1975. It headed back north of the border again to Eastfield in September 1977, followed by spells at Inverness and Haymarket before returning to Eastfield. Following the national steel strike in early 1982, vacuum braked only 20007 was one of a number of class 20’s in store, due to the decline in traffic. Eventually traffic levels improved and 20007 was overhauled at Glasgow works in November 1984, fitted with air brake equipment, re-instated and allocated to Tinsley. Following spells at Toton and Bescot final withdrawal came in July 1993. Following withdrawal it was stored at MOD Kineton, Wabtec Doncaster and MOD Longtown before entering preservation at the Churnet Valley Railway in September 2002.

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