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BR Shunting Locomotives - Class 10
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Developed from the 1944 LMS / EE design, these 0-6-0 diesel electric shunting
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locomotives were built at Darlington and Doncaster works from 1955 onwards.
Visually the same as the Class 08 but fitted with Lister-Blackstone engines
and all withdrawn from BR service by 1972.
The BR ‘Class 10’ was a Blackstone ER6-engined version of the proven 0-6-0 design more commonly
known as Class 08 or 09. The loco had a service life of 14 years before withdrawal in July of 1969.
The Eastern Region of BR seemed quick to embrace the new lettering style of the rail blue era, and
D3144 has had the number re-applied in the new style vinyls and yellow buffer beam repaints,
although the 1957-style badge remains unchanged. Study of photographs found no external differences
from the Hornby model, although D3144, being one of the early examples, did require the same changes
as for an early 08. The model is finished to the 1967/68 appearance of the prototype, working in the
Teeside area at that time. A few were sold into industry for further use, by D3144 had no such luck
and was cut up for scrap during 1969.
