Class 08

Where you can drive it

Comes with

• Blackpool Branches: Preston - Blackpool & Ormskirk
• Tees Valley Line: Darlington – Saltburn-by-the-Sea
• WCML: Preston - Carlisle
• West Coast Main Line: Crewe - Preston

With another DLC

Own the route and one of the DLCs named after it, and you can drive it there.

• Airedale & Wharfedale Network: Leeds & Bradford - Skipton & Ilkley: with BR Heavy Freight Pack or West Coast Main Line: Crewe - Preston
• Cardiff City Network: Radur & Coryton to Penarth & Bae Caerdydd: with Diesel Legends of the Great Western
• East Coast Main Line: Peterborough - Doncaster: with BR Heavy Freight Pack
• Fife Circle Line: Edinburgh - Markinch via Dunfermline & Kirkcaldy: with BR Heavy Freight Pack
• Glossop Line: Manchester - Hadfield & Glossop: with BR Heavy Freight Pack
• Great Western Express: with BR Heavy Freight Pack or Diesel Legends of the Great Western or Tees Valley Line: Darlington – Saltburn-by-the-Sea
• Northern Trans-Pennine: Manchester - Leeds: with BR Heavy Freight Pack or Diesel Legends of the Great Western or Tees Valley Line: Darlington – Saltburn-by-the-Sea
• Riviera Line: Exeter - Plymouth & Paignton: with BR Heavy Freight Pack or Diesel Legends of the Great Western or WCML: Preston - Carlisle
• Southeastern Highspeed: London St Pancras – Ashford Intl & Faversham: with BR Heavy Freight Pack
• West Cornwall Local: Penzance - St Austell & St Ives: with BR Heavy Freight Pack or Diesel Legends of the Great Western or Tees Valley Line: Darlington – Saltburn-by-the-Sea
• West Somerset Railway: with Blackpool Branches: Preston - Blackpool & Ormskirk or BR Heavy Freight Pack or WCML: Preston - Carlisle or Tees Valley Line: Darlington – Saltburn-by-the-Sea

In the game

Names in Dovetail's lists: Class 08, BR Class 08, Class 08 BLU.

In these DLCs: Blackpool Branches: Preston - Blackpool & Ormskirk, Tees Valley Line: Darlington – Saltburn-by-the-Sea, WCML: Preston - Carlisle, West Coast Main Line: Crewe - Preston, BR Heavy Freight Pack, Diesel Legends of the Great Western.

Official manual: Tees Valley Line: Darlington – Saltburn-by-the-Sea, WCML: Preston - Carlisle, BR Heavy Freight Pack.

The real thing

The standard British Railways diesel shunter, once found at almost every big station and freight yard. Introduced in 1952, most have since left main line work as fixed trains made shunting less needed. Many now work on industrial sidings and heritage railways.

• Built by: British Railways: Crewe Works, Darlington Works, Derby Works, Doncaster Works, Horwich Works (Wikipedia)
• Built: 1952–1962 (Wikipedia)
• Number built: 996 (Wikipedia)
• Operators: Eastern Region of British Railways, London Midland Region of British Railways, North Eastern Region of British Railways, Scottish Region of British Railways, Southern Region of British Railways, Western Region of British Railways (Wikidata)
• Top speed: 15 mph (24.1 km/h) or 20 mph (32.2 km/h) (Wikipedia)
• Power: Engine: 350 or 400 hp (261–298 kW) (Wikipedia)
• Wheel arrangement: 0-6-0 (Wikipedia)
• Power type: Diesel–electric (Wikipedia)

Photo: Peter Broster, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

From the English Wikipedia article British Rail Class 08 and Wikidata.