  the british rail class 09 is a class of 0-6-0 diesel locomotive designed primarily for shunting and also short distance freight trips along branch lines.class 09 semgonline.com the 26 locos are similar to the class 08 shunting locomotives but have different gearing, giving a top speed of 27.5&nbsp;mph (44&nbsp;km/h) at the expense of a lower tractive effort. they were introduced from 1959 to 1962 and originally operated in the southern region of british railways. further locomotives were converted from class 08 in 1992 and, following this and privatisation in 1997, the class has been distributed much further afield. ==sub-classes== ===class 09/0=== the original 26 locomotives (built 1959-62) became sub-class 09/0 when further locomotives were modified from class 08 in 1992 which became subclasses classes 09/1 and 09/2. there were variations, which were given the following tops design codes: *09-0ax original design; weight 50
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