The British Rail (BR) Class 13 were created in 1965 because of the need to provide more powerful shunters for the Tinsley Marshalling Yard. This was achieved by permanently coupling together two Class 08 shunters as a ‘master and slave’ (alternatively ‘cow and calf’) units the latter with its cab removed.
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