BR Class 08/9 - EWS Maroon - 08993 Wagon Type_CIE Bulk Cement 37426-37431 were originally planned to

37426-37431 were originally planned to join the rest of the sub class on the Scottish Region

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

with support for s88 occupancy detectors and ECoSDetector modules

Two years later in April 1985 it again received the attention of the painters

which it swapped for the revised darker blue variant in December 1989 courtesy of Laira depot

BR Class 08/9 - EWS Maroon - 08993 Wagon Type_CIE Bulk Cement 37426-37431 were originally planned toEnglish 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