BR Class 08 diesel shunter D3302 (Hornby Dublo 2231)

Exhibit
BR Class 08 diesel shunter D3302 (Hornby Dublo 2231) (i)
location:
Arch Four , Area 37 Hornby Wall (display)
Shelf 7

Original loco details:

BR	No.3302	0-6-0
Originally built:		----

An 00-gauge model of a green BR Class 08 0-6-0 diesel-electric shunter with a grey roof, running number D3302 with original box, Hornby-Dublo catalogue No.2231.

image from Meccano Magazine (1960)

1963 catalogue image: Diesel-Electric 0-6-0 Shunting Locomotive, 2231 and 321

The original loco

Nearly a thousand of these distinctively boxy-looking locomotives were built between 1953 and 1962.

Tri-ang Hornby

The two-rail version of the Dublo shunter locomotive survived into the 1965 Tri-ang Hornby transitional brochure, as R.2235.

External links

• British Rail Class 08 (Wikipedia)