Dartmoor Railway - cab of an 08 diesel electric shunting engine
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Dartmoor Railway - cab of an 08 diesel electric shunting engine
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 29 May 2016
The locomotive is class 08 diesel electric shunter No. D4167. This is its original BR number but it was latterly numbered as 08 937. It was built in 1962 and was sold to the owner of Meldon Quarry in 1994. This was my first trip behind an 08 although I often looked at the one that was rumbling away in a bay platform at Huddersfield Station (I don't think I ever saw it move). This is a view into the cab from the platform at Meldon Station. The maximum speed is 15 miles per hour and this is marked by a red line on the lower of the two large angled gauges. The upper one of the pair is an ammeter measuring up to 1000 Amperes.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.714854
Longitude
-4.031876