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|othernos = Works no 319290
|designed = Ruston & Hornsby
|locotype = 165 h.p.DM165
|built = 1952
|years1 = 1972
==D2957 in Service==
D2957 is one of a number of 165 h.p. diesel shunters at the SVR, and is one of the diesel-mechanical variety. It was built by Ruston and Hornsby of Lincoln as works number 319290 of 1953 for use by Robertson Thain at their Ellesmere Port ironworks, and since 1960 by B.I.P. Chemicals at Langley Green.
==D2957 in Preservation==
319290 was the first Ruston and Hornsby shunter acquired by the SVRS, and is VR, being purchased from B.I.P by [[Severn Valley Railway (Holdings) PLC | SVR(H)]] in March 1972. Originally the locomotive had no number other than its works number 319290, although it was commonly referred to as the “Red Ruston”. It saw regular use in the SVR’s early days on Engineers’ trains, but now acts as yard shunter in [[Bewdley Down Yard]] where it carries a BR livery with the fictitious number D2957. It is maintained by the [[Bewdley Carriage & Wagon Department]].
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