The DEPG have acquired 1958-vintage Derby-built Class 08 ‘Shunter’ 08401 (D3516) from the Hunslet Engine Company. The fully-operational loco was pictured while being unloaded at Williton on Thursday 23rd October 2025 by S. A. Smith specialist hauliers. Photo by Tony Austin © CC BY-NC 3.0
Locomotive timeline:
| BR History: | |
| 1958 | Built at Derby Works, order D658 |
| 06/1958 | Allocated to Plymouth Laira (83D) |
| 01/1962 | Allocated to St. Blazey (83E) |
| 05/1963 | Allocated to Plymouth Laira (83D) |
| 09/1963 | Allocated to Plymouth Laira (84A) |
| 05/1964 | Allocated to Exmouth Junction (83D) |
| 10/1965 | Allocated to Exeter (83C) |
| 12/1966 | Allocated to Bristol Bath Road (82A) |
| 08/1968 | Allocated to Doncaster (36A) on loan |
| 10/1968 | Allocated to Doncaster (36A) permanent |
| 05/1973 | Allocated to Doncaster (DR) |
| 03/1974 | Renumbered from D3516 to 08401 |
| 10/1978 | Converted from vacuum brake to air brake (only) at Swindon Works |
| 09/1980 | Allocated to Frodingham (FH) |
| 01/1987 | Allocated to Immingham (IM) |
| 02/2004 | Withdrawn |
| Industrial History: | Sold to Hunslet Engine Company for use in their hire fleet. |
| 27-Jan-2011 | Moved to LH Group at Barton-under-Needwood for repairs |
| 18-Mar-2011 | GBRf Whitemoor (hire) |
| 06-Apr-2011 | GBRf Celsa Steel Cardiff (hire) |
| 26-May-2011 | GBRf Whitemoor (hire) |
| October 2011 | GBRf Celsa Steel Cardiff (hire) |
| 08-Dec-2011 | GBRf Whitemoor (hire) |
| 16-Jan-2013 | Moved to LH Group at Barton-under-Needwood |
| 31-Jan-2013 | Cleveland Potash Boulby Mine (hire) |
| 24-Oct-2013 | GBRf Celsa Steel Cardiff (hire) |
| 05-Mar-2015 | Moved to LH Group at Barton-under-Needwood |
| 19-Mar-2015 | Wabtec Doncaster |
| 18-Aug-2015 | Moved to LH Group at Barton-under-Needwood |
| 24-Aug-2015 | Bounds Green London (hire) |
| 17-Oct-2015 | Moved to LH Group at Barton-under-Needwood |
| 02-Aug-2016 | Leeds Midland Road Depot for tyre turning |
| August 2016 | Moved to LH Group at Barton-under-Needwood |
| 22-Aug-2016 | Hams Hall Freight Depot Coleshill (hire) |
| 14-May-2020 | Moved to LH Group at Barton-under-Needwood for repairs |
| 01-May-2021 | Locomotive re-sold to Hunslet Engine Company Ltd. |
| May 2021 | Returned to Hams Hall (hire) |
| March 2022 | Moved to LH Group at Barton-under-Needwood – fire damage |
| 20-Jul-2022 | LNER Craigentinny Depot (hire) |
| 08-Jun-2023 | Moved to LH Group at Barton-under-Needwood |
| June 2023 | Tata Steel Europe at Shotton (hire) |
| 17-Jan-2024 | Moved to LH Group at Barton-under-Needwood |
| 22-Oct-25 | Acquired from Hunslet Engine Company by the DEPG |
| 23-Oct-25 | Loco delivered to the DEPG at Williton |
| 01-Nov-25 | Loco operated in the the DEPG Yard at Williton |
Data complied by Neale Long from the following publications:
- ‘Ex-BR Diesels in Industry 9th Edition’ by Adrian Booth, published by the Industrial Railway Society.
- ‘The Allocation History of BR Diesel Shunters, Second Edition’, compiled on behalf of the The Heritage Shunters Trust.
- ‘Diesel and Electric Loco Register’ by Alan Sugden, published by Platform 5.
- ‘Railway Observer’ published by the Railway Correspondence & Travel Society (RCTS).
Go to D3516 (08401) page
Go to D4107 (09019) page