Celsa 08s - catch them whilst you can

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Not sure if this has been highlighted elsewhere , but I thought I'd bring this to the attention of anyone who had missed it:

 

https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2024/04/welsh-steel-works-to-introduce-replacement-for-class-08-locomotives.html

 

3 Zephir LOK 16.300s have been purchased by Porterbrook to replace the 08s.

 

It looks like the days of scenes such as this:

 

, so familiar to Cardiff residents, are numbered.

 

Simon

 

 

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Whether "the new kids on the block" are up to the task remains to be seen.