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Over the years, the need for shunting locomotives declined dramatically.

As late as 1980, BR still had nearly 1,000 of the small, reliable, but woefully underused diesel locomotives.

Even small stations such as Boston, Ely, St Austell and Berwick had a little diesel shunter stabled on standby. They were also used in yards, exchange sidings and carriage sidings.