List of preserved British Rail Class 08 locomotives

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The British Rail Class 08 was the standard class of diesel locomotive designed for shunting. From 1953 to 1962, 996 locomotives were produced, making it the most numerous of all British locomotive classes. There were also 26 of the near-identical but higher-geared Class 09, and 171 similar locomotives fitted with different engines and transmissions (some of which became Class 10), which together brought the total number of outwardly-similar machines to 1193.

Since their introduction, the nature of rail freight in Britain has changed considerably, reducing or removing the need for shunting, therefore only a few Class 08 locomotives remain in service today. However, many have found an active retirement on heritage railways in Britain, with around 87 examples being classed as preserved. Another was preserved at Crewe, but scrapped in 2009. There may be more yet unregistered Class 08 shunters still working in Britain or abroad. Their low maintenance requirements means that most of them are still in operational condition, with only a small number of examples currently awaiting restoration, as of 2023.

Preserved examples

Numbers carried (Current in bold)				Name	Location	Current Status	Livery
13000	D3000	-	13046	-	Peak Rail	Awaiting overhaul; first one built	BR Black
13002	D3002	-	-	-	Plym Valley Railway	Operational	BR Black
13014	D3014	-	-	Samson	Dartmouth Steam Railway	Operational	BR Green, Dart Rail insignia
13018	D3018	08011	-	Haversham	Chinnor and Princes Risborough Railway	Operational	BR Green
13019	D3019	-	-	-	Cambrian Heritage Railways	Operational	Blue and White
13022	D3022	08015	-	-	Severn Valley Railway	Operational	BR Green
13023	D3023	08016	-	Geoff L Wright (not carried)	Peak Rail	Operational Last of first Batch	BR Blue
13029	D3029	08021	-	-	Tyseley Locomotive Works	Operational	BR Black
13030	D3030	08022	-	Lion	Cholsey and Wallingford Railway	Operational	Guinness Black
13044	D3044	08032	33	Mendip	Mid Hants Railway	Undergoing repairs	Yeoman Blue
13059	D3059	08046	-	Brechin City	Caledonian Railway (Brechin)	Operational	BR Green
13067	D3067	08054	-	-	Embsay and Bolton Abbey Railway	stored awaiting re-wiring	BR Blue
13074	D3074	08060	-	Unicorn	Cholsey and Wallingford Railway	Operational	Guinness Black
13079	D3079	08064	-	-	National Railway Museum	Operational	Black
13101	D3101	-	3101	-	Great Central Railway	Operational	BR Green
13167	D3167	08102	-	-	Lincolnshire Wolds Railway	Operational	BR Green
11374	D3174	08108	3174	Dover Castle	Kent and East Sussex Railway	Under overhaul	Black
13180	D3180	08114	-	-	Great Central Railway (Nottingham)	Operational	BR Blue
13190	D3190	08123	-	George Mason	Cholsey and Wallingford Railway	Operational	BR Green
13201	D3201	08133	-	-	Severn Valley Railway	Under Overhaul	BR Green
13232	D3232	08164	-	Prudence	East Lancashire Railway	Operational	BR Blue
13236	D3236	08168	-	-	Battlefield Line Railway	Operational; on loan to the Bluebell Railway	BR Black
13255	D3255	-	-	-	Private site, Leavening, North Yorkshire	To be restored	N/A
13261	D3261	-	-	-	Swindon and Cricklade Railway	Operational	BR Green
13265	D3265	08195	WD40	Mark	Llangollen Railway	Operational	BR Black
13272	D3272	08202	-	-	Avon Valley Railway	Operational	BR Blue
13290	D3290	08220	-	-	Great Central Railway (Nottingham)	Operational	BR Blue
13308	D3308	08238	-	Charlie	Dean Forest Railway	Light duties only	BR Blue with Wasp Stripes
13336	D3336	08266	-	-	Keighley and Worth Valley Railway	Under Overhaul	BR Engineers Grey
13358	D3358	08288	-	Phoenix	Mid Hants Railway	Operational	BR Blue
-	D3308	08308	-	-	Barrow Hill Roundhouse	Operational, converted to battery power	Green & silver
-	D3401	08331	-	-	Midland Railway - Butterley	Operational	Black
-	D3420	08350	-	-	Crewe Heritage Centre	Scrapped at Ron Hull, Rotherham 19/9/08	BR Green
-	D3429	08359	-	-	Bodmin & Wenford Railway	Operational	BR Blue
-	D3462	08377	-	-	Mid Hants Railway	Operational	BR Green
-	D3503	08388	-	-	Private Site	Scrapped in October 2010	Trainload Petroleum
-	D3411	08411	-	-	Colne Valley Railway	under restoration	BR Dutch grey
-	D3551	08436	-	-	Swanage Railway	Operational	Black
-	D3558	08443	-	-	Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway	Operational	BR Green (No Logo)
-	D3559	08444	-	-	Bodmin and Wenford Railway	Operational	BR Green
-	D3560	08445	-	-	Daventry IRFT	Awaiting repair	Yellow
-	D3586	08471	-	-	Severn Valley Railway	Operational	BR Green
-	D3588	08473	-	-	Dean Forest Railway	Source of spares empty shell as of 2/7/16	BR Blue
-	D3591	08476	-	-	Swanage Railway	Operational	BR Green
13594	D3594	08479	-	-	East Lancashire Railway	Operational	BR Black
-	D3596	08481	-	-	Vale of Glamorgan Railway	Scrapped 6 May 2011 at EMR	BR Blue
-	D3605	08490	-	-	Strathspey Railway	Operational	BR Green
-	D3610	08495	-	-	North Yorkshire Moors Railway	Operational	BR Blue
-	D3617	08502	-	Lybert Dickinson (not carried)	East Kent Railway	Operational - stored	All-over Blue
-	D3690	08528	-	-	Derwent Valley Light Railway	Operational	BR Green
-	D3723	08556	-	-	North Yorkshire Moors Railway	Operational	BR Green
-	D3743	08576	-	-	??	Awaiting restoration	BR Blue
-	D3757	08590	-	Red Lion	Midland Railway - Butterley	Operational	BR Blue
-	D3759	08592	08993	-	Keighley and Worth Valley Railway	Operational	EWS Maroon and Gold
-	D3761	08594	-	-	Private Site	Awaiting overhaul	BR Blue
-	D3771	08604	604	Phantom	Didcot Railway Centre	Operational	BR Blue
	D3772	08605			Ecclesbourne Valley Railway	Operational	DB Red
-	D3795	08628	-	-	EMR Kingsbury	Scrapped as of 19/5/16 at EMR Kingsbury	BR Blue
-	D3796	08629	-	-	Chinnor and Princes Risborough Railway	Operational	Knorr-Bremse - Green, White and Dark Blue Stripes
-	-	08631	-	Betsy	Bombardier Transportation	Operational	BR Blue
-	D3800	08633	-	-	Churnet Valley Railway	Operational	BR Green
-	D3802	08635	H3802	-	Severn Valley Railway	Undergoing conversion to hydrogen power	BR Green
-	D3830	08663	-	St Silas (nameplates removed)	Avon Valley Railway	Not operational at present	BR Blue
-	-	08682	-	Lionheart	Bombardier Transportation	Operational	Designed by the winner of a children's painting competition
-	D3861	08694	-	-	Great Central Railway	Operational	EWS
-	D3867	08700	-	-	East Lancashire Railway	Operational	BR Blue
-	D3871	08704	-	-	Private Site	Operational	BR Green
-	D3902	08734	-	-	Dean Forest Railway	Undergoing restoration with parts from 08473.	Blue
-	D3918	08750	-	-	Scrapped	Scrapped by Wanted Scrap Metals Ltd, Shildon as of 18/12/18	Black
	D3926	08757	-	-	Telford Steam Railway	Operational	RES
-	D3935	08767	-	-	North Norfolk Railway	Undergoing overhaul	BR Green
-	D3937	08769	-	Gladys	Dean Forest Railway	Operational	BR Green
-	D3940	08772	-	Tiny/Camulodunum	North Norfolk Railway	Operational	BR Green
-	D3941	08773	-	-	Embsay and Bolton Abbey Steam Railway	Operational	BR Blue
-	D3948	08780	-	Fred	Jeremy Hosking	Operational	Dark Blue
-	D3952	08784	-	-	Longport	Operational	Railfreight Grey
-	D3991	08823	-	-	LH Barton	Operational	Hunslet Orange and Blue
-	D3993	08825	-	-	Chinnor and Princes Risborough Railway	Operational	BR Blue
-	D4018	08850	4018	-	North Yorkshire Moors Railway	Operational	BR Blue
-	D4033	08865	-	-	East Kent Light Railway	Operational	EWS
-	D4118	08888	-	-	Gwili Railway	Operational	BR Green
-	D4137	08907	-	-	Great Central Railway	Operational	BR Green
-	D4141	08911	-	Matey	National Railway Museum Shildon	Operational	BR Blue (with small NRM logo)
-	D4145	08915	-	-	North Tyneside Steam Railway	Operational	BR Blue
-	D4157	08922	-	-	Spa Valley Railway	Operational	RailFreight Grey
-	D4167	08937	-	Bluebell Mel	Dartmoor Railway	Operational	BR Green
-	D4174	08944	-	-	East Lancashire Railway	Awaiting repair	Black
-	D3854	08995	08687	Kidwelly	Gwendraeth railway society	Under Repair	EWS Maroon and Gold