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There is a discussion about the naming convention to use for articles about British locomotive and multiple unit classes at Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (British railway locomotive and multiple unit classes). Your comments are more than welcome. Thryduulf 22:23, 21 Mar 2005 (UTC)
In the variants table, the figures of approximately 50 tons were first posted without saying what they were, then later converted to kN, then labeled "power", which does not make sense-that much tractive effort on a loco this size would be useless as the wheels would slip. I have relabeled them "weight", which makes sense and is consistent with the other table.
I have also removed the 350hp/260kW power figure as I doubt its correctness: I have seen both 400hp (eg. here) and 350hp quoted. It appears most likely that early versions were 350hp and the final standard 08 400hp, but I have yet to verify this, and I do not know whether any 350hp versions were actually classified 08 (rather than 11).-- QuantumEngineer 11:55, 4 December 2006 (UTC)
In Ian Allan ABC of British Railways Locomotives (winter 1962/3 edition) entry for D3000-D3116 shows 350 bhp at 630 rpm and for D3127 onwards shows 350 bhp at 680 rpm. My guess is that the uprating to 400 bhp took place at the same time as the 50 rpm speed increase and that the entry for D3127 onwards should read 400 bhp at 680 rpm. Can anyone confirm this? Biscuittin ( talk) 20:17, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
therailwaycentre.com gives Class 11 (12033-12138) and 12 (15211-15236): EE 6KT 350hp (194hp at rail) Class 08 (13000-13366, D3000-D4192, 08 077-08 958) and 09: EE 6KT 400hp (260hp at rail) Class 13 (D4500-D4502, 13 001-13 003): 2xEE 6K 350hp each The TOPS number range given for the 08 might be taken to suggest that 08 001-08 076 (which did exist, at least 2 of them still do) were different, though one might expect that were this the case they would have been assigned a separate subclass. The 13 and D number ranges for the 08 overlap with the ranges they give for D3/3, D3/5 and 10 (non-EE 350hp engines).
Fragonset (website no longer available, probably because they have gone bust), who might be expected to know since they owned 3, gave 400hp at 680rpm...and, on the same page without explanation, 350hp.-- QuantumEngineer ( talk) 19:54, 15 March 2008 (UTC)
The reason for the two types of electrical systems needs to be mentioned. Wongm ( talk) 12:22, 10 August 2008 (UTC)
Judging from recent edits there seems to be a demand for more info on preserved locos - however with 150? preserved I wouldn't be sure how to do it? There's a list at http://www.wnxx.net/fleetstatus/Fleet.htm
Any suggestions?
213.249.232.187 ( talk) 01:47, 15 March 2009 (UTC)
The class are the most numerous preserved locos, but they are still working - so are the locos actually preserved at all?
Also how many still in action - does anyone even know, (excluding "preserved" locos) - I think the lead section needs changing "therefore only a few Class 08 locomotives " - maybe to only a small percentage - there still seems to be quite a few out there... FengRail ( talk) 20:04, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
Excluding locos on preserved railways I counted to 100 still (alledgedly) in service - and gave up - there could be up to 150, not more than 200.
Is anyone good at this sort of thing - how about an attrition list - ie number scrapped, number with preserved railways, number exported, number private (non railtrack), number works loco, number FGW/Freighliner/Wabtec/EWS etc.
Also has anyone got a good source other than http://www.wnxx.net/fleetstatus/Fleet.htm for the numbers. Thanks. FengRail ( talk) 20:11, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
Done a bit - bit short of references. I wonder if a table of number withdrawn or stored per year would be a good idea? 213.249.232.187 ( talk) 04:34, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
This article is currently named in accordance the Wikipedia:WikiProject UK Railways naming conventions for British rolling stock allocated a TOPS number. A proposal to change this convention and/or its scope is being discussed at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject UK Railways#Naming convention, where your comments would be welcome.
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In `Rail' magazine no. 462 (May/June 2003) `Cementing Relationships', p. 30)it iss stated that `fuel must be pumped to keep the locomotive alive', and a photograph shows a crew member apparently pumping fuel by hand. It seems incredible that manual fuel pumping is needed in a pst WW2 locomotive, unless in special circumstances such as starting or mechanical failure. I thought that these locos had a gravity-fed fuel system. Can anyone with experience with 08's confirm or deny the requirement for hand-pumping of fuel? Barney Bruchstein ( talk) 16:39, 24 July 2021 (UTC)
Per June's Rail Express, 08706 has been sold into preservation by HNRC. It was delivered to the Colne Valley Railway in April, having been acquired by one of the line's members. [1] I'd be grateful if somebody would please make the appropriate edit here and also add it to the separate list of preserved examples. Thanks. XAM2175 (T) 01:24, 31 May 2023 (UTC)