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Prototype Class 08e shunter successfully completes trials at Somerset quarry


05/11/2024 in News

The Class 08e on test at Whateley Quarry in Somerset

A prototype battery-electric ‘08e’ shunter has successfully completed two weeks of trials at a quarry.




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