Editing BR Standard Class 8 (section)

== Operational details ==
The ''Duke'' was highly unpopular with crews in British Railways service, who regarded it as something of a liability due to its poor steam production.<ref name=Herring /> Inefficiencies caused by the problems regarding its draughting abilities and firebox design meant that no further examples were constructed.<ref name=Nock>{{cite magazine |last=Nock |first=O.S. |title=Performance and efficiency tests on B.R. class 8 locomotive |magazine=Engineer |year=1957 |issue=204 |pages=293–294}}</ref>  The fact that no effort was made to rectify the problems indicates the change in policy regarding steam locomotives, with the [[1955 Modernisation Plan|Modernisation Plan]] coming into operation just as the "Duke" entered service.<ref name=Herring /> Based for its entire working life at Crewe North depot, the locomotive was used to haul [[boat train]]s on the undemanding [[North Wales Coast Line]] between Crewe and [[Holyhead]].<ref name=Herring /> All those factors culminated in the locomotive having a short service life of only eight years, being withdrawn from service in 1962.<ref name=Langston /> The reputation of the locomotive amongst its crews as being a poor steamer was eventually to disappear, but only after it was rebuilt following its rescue from the scrap yard in 1974.