Date: 09/05/2020

A 60 year old diesel shunting locomotive has been re-engineered with a low-emission hybrid traction package using automotive technology, as part of a research programme backed by the UKs Department for Transport.
Meteor Power Ltd put forward the proposal to convert an ex-British Rail Class 08 shunter with hybrid powertrain under DfTs 2019 First of a Kind funding competition to investigate the feasibility of re-engineering older locomotives.

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BR 0-6-0 diesel shunter 13280 (later class 08 08210), built at Derby in 1956 and seen here in the early 1960s standing alongside the fuelling point at Balornock Shed.
Location: Balornock Shed
Company: Garnkirk and Glasgow Railway
//1961 David Stewart

Preserved class 08 no 08631 (formerly D3798) photographed at Derby in August 2002.
Location: Derby
Company: Midland Railway
16/08/2002 Ian Dinmore

One of a batch of 6 class 08 diesel shunters to arrive at St Margarets in the spring of 1959, this one numbered D3733. The locomotive is standing on the north side of the depot on 2 May, looking as though it's still waiting for the paint to dry.
Location: St Margarets Shed
Company: North British Railway
02/05/1959 A Snapper (Courtesy Bruce McCartney)

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