8750 Class - 3608 - GWR Green Shirtbutton

8750 Class - 3608 - GWR Green ShirtbuttonCompleted at Swindon on the 2nd of Feb 1939 as part of Lot 314, was new to Oxford shed. Another of the type to have the more modern cab fitted as part of the 8750 variant, this had many of the later features you would associate with the type, such as the bunker steps and later type fillers. It was however built before the fitting of top feed and this would be added later. Another engine that would spend most of its life around one shed, it would not

Like 66017

Emerging from Swindon Works in 1949 under the ownership of British Railways it was part of the penultimate lot of 10 locomotives

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It was refurbished at Crewe Works in 1987 with the new number 37516 and continued its long association with the Eastern Region

It remained in this condition until being taken to the former Brush works of UKRL in 2024 for assessment and overhaul

as EWS sought to widen its market in to the European Railfreight business

its colleague survived until January 1966 before being admitted to Doncaster for its own makeover

Timeframe specific details

its pits being linked by an extensive railway system

but the image suited the elegantly proportioned 78XX locomotives well and in some quarters it is held in higher esteem than the lined green that was later applied to the class

Full underbody tank detail with brackets and pipework

Weardale Railway and Peak Rail amongst others