35-915SFX Class 08 08617 'Steve Purser' BR Blue Diesel Locomotive - Deluxe DCC Sound Class-156 70001 hauled passenger express trains

70001 hauled passenger express trains on the Great Eastern Railway such as ‘The Norfolkman’

two carry a crate and another supervises

Taking advantage of the technical upgrades undertaken to the popular Branchline model a few years ago

for gauge I engines)

which started with Class 24 in the late-1950s these locomotives were built by Derby Works and Beyer

35-915SFX Class 08 08617 'Steve Purser' BR Blue Diesel Locomotive - Deluxe DCC Sound Class-156 70001 hauled passenger express trainsThe Class 08 Diesel Shunter was BRs most numerous diesel locomotive type (totalling more than 1,000 examples alongside its Class 09 and Class 10 counterparts) and models of this icon have long been a staple of the Bachmann Branchline range. However, this brand new 08 owes nothing to its predecessors and finally brings the story of the humble diesel shunter right up to date with this most accurate of OO scale renditions. Constructed from high fidelity