Remarkable Engines: Eurostar 08948

After a somewhat long wait, here is the first episode of Remarkable Engines focusing on an engine which is not from the United States. I decided to cover this engine since it has a noticeably different history and appearance than other British Rail class 08 shunters, and the fact that it works for an international high speed rail service. Hope you enjoy this episode!

Credit for photos used go to their original photographers from websites including flickr and smugmug.
All music used in this video is from the YouTube Audio Library.

Credit for Photos Used With Watermarks Stated: David N. Clough, John Greene, British Railways, Table 158 Photography, Tom Beckett

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Sources used:

Music used in order:
Royale - Josh Lippi and the Overtimers
Gaiety in the Golden Age - Aaron Kenny
Museums - Silent Partner
Church of 8 Wheels - Otis McDonald
The Place Inside - Silent Partner

[SuperTrainStationH]

5:53 - After two years, it's finally time for you to be brought to task for "St. Pancreas." :P

(great video)

[DaimosZ]

A neat episode idea if you ever wanted to try it would be about the Crab Orchard and Egyptian #17. That was a 2-8-0 steam locomotive that served as one of the only engines on the line and resutling in the CO&E to be the last all steam operated common carrier railroad in the continental United States until 1986.

[GfwTrains]

I appreciate this video. Thanks for sharing. I love this. What a neat story on the unique locomotive.

[JohnGeorgeBauerBuis]

An interesting tidbit is that the Total Operations Processing System was developed by Southern Pacific. Another Southern Pacific innovation was the opening up of their telephone network as Southern Pacific Railroad Internal Network Telephony, or SPRINT (yes, that Sprint that T-Mobile USA bought).

[zosomjl]

Interesting, I remember this loco in the early 1970’s?, I lived in east Oxford, it used the branch line down to Morris Cowley(car factory) where it worked all day, used to pass my street in the early morning, then returned in the evening, back to Oxford depot, there was 2 shunters that used the the branch line, 4178 and 4171.

[neiloflongbeck]

The number ranges quoted also included the 26 original Class 09s - these are physically identical to the Class 08s save for the high level beake pipes but had different gearing allowing a high max speed.

The Class 73s operated by Eurostar could operate North of the Thames as they were fitted with a small diesel engine for operations off the third-rate network.

[robinforrest]

Hey, great to see you reviewing this unsung hero of BR! Subscribed. An interesting variant was the class 13 hump shunter. The design got around the globe too. I saw several in Melbourne when I worked for a time in Australia.

[WasatchGarandMan]

Great video, love the Class 08 and I Love EuroStar,

[bengale]

Could you do an episode in GMRC 405? Its a 1953 built alco rs1 that still pulls exersion trains for Vermont Rail System

[SteamFan]

Hey, an interesting locomotive that you could make a video on would be BR Class 9F 92220 “Evening Star”, the last steam locomotive built for BR.

[the_autism_express]

Would it be bad if I said that I prefer British railway terminology than American terminology, despite being an American?




'Cus I do

[willsen]

Im trying to think of a danish train that would fit in a remarkable engines episode