Sheffield station pilot on the 15th April 1977 is Tinsley allocated 08877. The class 08 is the standard British Railways shunting engine and from 1953 to 1962, nine hundred and ninety six locomotives were built, making it the most numerous of all British locomotive classes. There were also in the same period twenty six near identical (but higher-geared) class 09 locomotives built, and one hundred and seventy one similar (but fitted with different engines and electrical equipment) locomotives built which together brought the total number of outwardly-similar machines to one thousand one hundred and ninety three. The class 08 design was based on the London Midland and Scottish Railway 12033 series (later class 11) design introduced in 1945. 08877 was built at Darlington in1961 and was originally D4045, allocated to Sheffield Darnall MPD. When Darnall MPD closed on the 4th October 1965 its entire allocation of diesel shunters (including D4045) was transferred to Tinsley, however it quickly moved on, being transferred to Barrow Hill during 1966. By 1972 it was back at Tinsley where it would remain for the next twelve years or so until transferred to Frodingham around 1985. On the closure of Frodingham it transferred to Doncaster.08877 was officially stored on the 15th August 1999 at Doncaster and on the 27th August 1999, it left South Yorkshire and was taken by road to the CRDC at Wigan Springs Branch where it became the depot pilot. 08877 currently (July 2009) resides at Wigan Springs Branch and is still used occasionally.