8750 Class - 3608 - GWR Green Shirtbutton Livery_Network Rail Yellow 2b Buffet (ex-FK) 4401 Orange

2b Buffet (ex-FK) 4401 Orange Roof

Wipers Fitted : Four

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A Class Locomotive 056

This was the final relaxation of BR’s restrictive rules on naming that had been steadily eroded over the previous decade

8750 Class - 3608 - GWR Green Shirtbutton Livery_Network Rail Yellow 2b Buffet (ex-FK) 4401 OrangeCompleted 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