BR Class 08/9 - EWS Maroon - 08993 Wagon Type_CIE Bulk Cement CIÉ embarked on a programme

CIÉ embarked on a programme of rolling stock renewal beginning in the early 1950s

Class 37/6 bufferbeam configuration with air/control pipes only

196 was chosen to carry the name of Major General Errol Lonsdale who was the then chief of Army transport

Heavy die-cast metal chassis

BR Class 08/9 - EWS Maroon - 08993 Wagon Type_CIE Bulk Cement CIÉ embarked on a programmeEnglish Electrics 1934 diesel electric shunter No. 7079 for the LMS proved highly successful and led to further orders across all the Big Four railways. Its lineage fed directly into British Railways push, after 1948 nationalisation, to create a standardised large shunting locomotive. Drawing heavily on the LMS 350 hp design but incorporating improvements and flexibility for different engines and electrical equipment, the resulting BR standard 0 6 0