class 08 shunting at Didcot

Class 08 '08804' shunts a small rake of containers in the yard at Didcot. Class 66 '66157' follows to collect a rake of VGA wagons.

[@pacer142086]

I drive 08s and today we hauled 3 cranes, 2 mk1s and lots of box wagons with just one!

[@Shelfandtabletoplayouts00gauge]

Could be an MOD shunt, great shots of the containers 👍👍👍

[@01276]

pritty sure thats the marchwood MOD train.. can tell by the unbranded, old containers.. and it often parks up there

[@beeble2003]

@Yownanymous Huh? With the exception of a single class 03, the class 08s are the *only* shunters currently on the UK network (class 09 are identical apart from the gear ratios). As for "most advanced", they're essentially 1940s technology.

[@znour0]

every diesel loco can pull and push at least 50x weight of train compared to his own drive axle weight

[@Isochest]

A really good spot for filming freight action! :-))

[@Damocles178]

An EWS Class 08 shunter with the British Railways Double Arrow logo? I didn't know such a variant existed :)

[@nortalus]

This is old footage I take it - well, this 08 still works at didcot...

[@ZackAttack7492]

@pacer142086
whats it like driving those awesome shunters?

[@laurenceiasawesome]

3 people got stalked by a class 66

[@nortalus]

And the 66.