List of preserved British Rail Class 08 locomotives

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 Image 13000 D3000 - 13046 -Peak RailAwaiting overhaul; first one builtBR Black 13002 D3002 - - -Plym Valley RailwayOperationalBR Black 13014 D3014 - - SamsonDartmouth Steam RailwayOperationalBR Green, Dart Rail insignia 13018 D3018 08011 - HavershamChinnor and Princes Risborough RailwayOperationalBR Green 13019 D3019 - - -Cambrian Heritage RailwaysOperationalBlue and White 13022 D3022 08015 - -Severn Valley RailwayOperationalBR Green 13023 D3023 08016 -Geoff L Wright (not carried)Peak RailOperational Last of first BatchBR Blue 13029 D3029 08021 - -Tyseley Locomotive WorksOperationalBR Black 13030 D3030 08022 - LionCholsey and Wallingford RailwayOperationalGuinness Black 13044 D3044 08032 33 MendipMid Hants RailwayUndergoing repairsYeoman Blue 13059 D3059 08046 - Brechin CityCaledonian Railway (Brechin)OperationalBR Green 13067 D3067 08054 - -Embsay and Bolton Abbey Railwaystored awaiting re-wiringBR Blue 13074 D3074 08060 - UnicornCholsey and Wallingford RailwayOperationalGuinness Black 13079 D3079 08064 - -Locomotion MuseumOperationalBlack 13101 D3101 - 3101 -Great Central RailwayOperationalBR Green 13167 D3167 08102 - -Lincolnshire Wolds RailwayOperationalBR Green 11374 D3174 08108 3174 Dover CastleKent and East Sussex RailwayUnder overhaulBlack 13180 D3180 08114 - -Great Central Railway (Nottingham)OperationalBR Blue 13190 D3190 08123 - George MasonCholsey and Wallingford RailwayOperationalBR Green 13201 D3201 08133 - -Severn Valley RailwayUnder OverhaulBR Green 13232 D3232 08164 - PrudenceEast Lancashire RailwayOperationalBR Blue 13236 D3236 08168 - -Battlefield Line RailwayOperationalBR Black 13255 D3255 - - -Private site, Leavening, North YorkshireTo be restoredN/A 13261 D3261 - - -Swindon and Cricklade RailwayOperationalBR Green 13265 D3265 08195 WD40 MarkLlangollen RailwayOperationalBR Black 13272 D3272 08202 - -Avon Valley RailwayOperationalBR Blue 13290 D3290 08220 - -Great Central Railway (Nottingham)OperationalBR Blue 13308 D3308 08238 - CharlieDean Forest RailwayLight duties onlyBR Blue with Wasp Stripes 13336 D3336 08266 - -Keighley and Worth Valley RailwayUnder OverhaulBR Engineers Grey 13358 D3358 08288 - PhoenixMid Hants RailwayOperational BR Blue - D3308 08308 - -Barrow Hill RoundhouseOperational, converted to battery powerGreen & silver - D3401 08331 - -Midland Railway - ButterleyOperationalBlack - D3420 08350 - -Crewe Heritage CentreScrapped at Ron Hull, Rotherham 19/9/08BR Green - D3429 08359 - -Bodmin & Wenford RailwayOperationalBR Blue - D3462 08377 - -Mid Hants RailwayOperationalBR Green - D3503 08388 - -Private SiteScrapped in October 2010Trainload Petroleum - D3411 08411 - -Colne Valley Railwayunder restorationBR Dutch grey - D3551 08436 - -Swanage RailwayOperationalBlack - D3558 08443 - -Bo'ness and Kinneil RailwayOperationalBR Green (No Logo) - D3559 08444 - -Bodmin and Wenford RailwayOperationalBR Green - D3560 08445 - -Daventry International Rail Freight TerminalAwaiting repairYellow - D3586 08471 - -Severn Valley RailwayOperationalBR Green - D3588 08473 - -Dean Forest RailwaySource of spares empty shell as of 2/7/16BR Blue - D3591 08476 - -Swanage RailwayOperationalBR Green 13594 D3594 08479 - -East Lancashire RailwayOperationalBR Black - D3596 08481 - -Vale of Glamorgan RailwayScrapped 6 May 2011 at EMRBR Blue - D3605 08490 - -Strathspey RailwayOperationalBR Green -D361008495 - -North Yorkshire Moors RailwayOperationalBR Blue -D361708502 -Lybert Dickinson (not carried)East Kent RailwayOperational - storedAll-over Blue - D369008528 - -Derwent Valley Light RailwayOperationalBR Green - D3723 08556 - -North Yorkshire Moors RailwayOperationalBR Green - D3743 08576 - -??Awaiting restorationBR Blue - D3757 08590 - Red LionMidland Railway - ButterleyOperationalBR Blue - D3759 08592 08993 -Keighley and Worth Valley RailwayOperationalEWS Maroon and Gold - D3761 08594 - -Private SiteAwaiting overhaulBR Blue - D3771 08604 604 PhantomDidcot Railway CentreOperationalBR BlueD377208605Ecclesbourne Valley RailwayOperationalDB Red - D3795 08628 - -EMR KingsburyScrapped as of 19/5/16 at EMR KingsburyBR Blue - D3796 08629 - -Chinnor and Princes Risborough RailwayOperationalKnorr-Bremse - Green, White and Dark Blue Stripes - - 08631 - BetsyBombardier TransportationOperationalBR Blue -D380008633 - -Churnet Valley RailwayOperationalBR Green -D380208635H3802 -Severn Valley RailwayUndergoing conversion to hydrogen powerBR Green - D3830 08663 - St Silas (nameplates removed) Avon Valley Railway Not operational at presentBR Blue - - 08682 - LionheartBombardier TransportationOperationalDesigned by the winner of a children's painting competition - D3861 08694 - -Great Central RailwayOperationalEWS - D3867 08700 - -East Lancashire RailwayOperationalBR Blue - D3871 08704 - -Private SiteOperationalBR Green - D3902 08734 - -Dean Forest RailwayUndergoing restoration with parts from 08473.Blue - D3918 08750 - -ScrappedScrapped by Wanted Scrap Metals Ltd, Shildon as of 18/12/18BlackD392608757 - -Telford Steam RailwayOperationalRES - D3935 08767 - -North Norfolk RailwayUndergoing overhaulBR Green - D3937 08769 - GladysDean Forest RailwayOperationalBR Green - D3940 08772 - Tiny/CamulodunumNorth Norfolk RailwayOperationalBR Green - D3941 08773 - -Embsay and Bolton Abbey Steam RailwayOperationalBR Blue - D3948 08780 - FredJeremy HoskingOperationalDark Blue -D395208784 - -Longport (Progress Rail)OperationalRailfreight Grey - D3991 08823 - -LH BartonOperationalHunslet Orange and Blue - D3993 08825 - -Chinnor and Princes Risborough RailwayOperationalBR Blue - D401808850 4018 -North Yorkshire Moors RailwayOperationalBR Blue -D403308865 - -East Kent RailwayOperationalEWS - D4118 08888 - -Gwili RailwayOperationalBR Green -D413708907 - -Great Central RailwayOperationalBR Green - D4141 08911 - MateyNational Railway Museum ShildonOperationalBR Blue (with small NRM logo) - D4145 08915 - -North Tyneside Steam RailwayOperationalBR Blue -D415708922 - -Spa Valley RailwayOperationalRailFreight Grey - D4167 08937 - Bluebell MelDartmoor RailwayOperationalBR Green - D4174 08944 - -East Lancashire RailwayAwaiting repairBlack - D3854 08995 08687 KidwellyGwendraeth railway societyUnder Repair EWS Maroon and Gold

See also List of preserved British Rail diesel locomotives

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