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A Railwayman's View - BR Midland Region by Peter Collins > Derby > LPPC DSL BW 0493
LPPC DSL BW 0493 Despite having been repainted into rail blue, in Summer ’73 this 350hp Class 08 shunter still retained its original number, 3426, albeit without the ‘D’ prefix. It was later to become 08536 but before that it is here shunting carriages outshopped from the works at Derby including a BG Full Brake and a Post Office sorting vehicle, a type of coach becoming quite rare on Britain’s railways as ever-increasing amounts of traffic were being lost to road.
LPPC DSL BW 0493 Despite having been repainted into rail blue, in Summer ’73 this 350hp Class 08 shunter still retained its original number, 3426, albeit without the ‘D’ prefix. It was later to become 08536 but before that it is here shunting carriages outshopped from the works at Derby including a BG Full Brake and a Post Office sorting vehicle, a type of coach becoming quite rare on Britain’s railways as ever-increasing amounts of traffic were being lost to road.
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Despite having been repainted into rail blue, in Summer ’73

this 350hp Class 08 shunter still retained its original number, 3426, albeit without the ‘D’ prefix. It was later to become 08536 but before that it is here shunting carriages outshopped from the works at Derby including a BG Full Brake and a Post Office sorting vehicle, a type of coach becoming quite rare on Britain’s railways as ever-increasing amounts of traffic were being lost to road.
By ellyBelly Publications collection Derby ref LPPC DSL BW 0493; taken 2022-05-05 10:20:50 GMT; 5.0mb 6561x4389 pixels; comp 840x562