Help identifying a shunter West Coast Railways Carnforth

[Ben Anslow]

Does anyone recognise this shunter spotted in Carnforth Steam Town yard. Suspect by its design being too wider profiled to be British gauge it’s come over from the European main land and it doesn’t look like any factory type shunter I’ve seen in the UK either

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[Gloster]

It looks very similar to a Swedish V5, so it is quite possibly a Henschel standard type.

 

[Ash Bridge]

Could it possibly be this machine….

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Perhaps the cab doorway has been modified at some point during the intervening years as the roof profile looks quite similar?

 

[Gloster]

The Hunslet has rods and inside frames, the Henschel outside frames, while the axle spacing appears different. I really think that the OP’s photo of a Henschel with the 1973 body style, possibly a DHG 700 C.

 

[trainlogger]

This is an O&K MC700N, recently used on Crossrail construction based out of Plumstead since 2016. Sold at an auction in October.

 

[D365]

This is an O&K MC700N, recently used on Crossrail construction based out of Plumstead since 2016. Sold at an auction in October.

And we have a winner

Can confirm it doesn’t quite fit the GB loading gauge.

 

[Ben Anslow]

Thanks for the help everyone

 

[themiller]

And we have a winner

Can confirm it doesn’t quite fit the GB loading gauge.

Which GB loading gauge? Or do you mean the UIC GB gauge?

 

[D365]

Which GB loading gauge? Or do you mean the UIC GB gauge?

British, as opposed to GB.