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*B.S.C. No.3, works no 2248/1948
All three were at Foley Park from new, with No. 3 arriving as part of a goods train on 1 May 1948.<ref>[[Bibliography#Books|Turley (2005)]] p. 76.</ref>. No. 2 was later transferred to the Wissington sugar factory at Kings Lynn, Norfolk in 1962. Steam working ended in January 1969, with No. 1 being sold for scrap in June 1969 and No 3 also being transferred to Wissington at the same time. No 2. is now preserved at "Rocks By Rail" and No 3. is now preserved at the Plym Valley Railway.<ref group="note">Several websites including the Plym Valley and "[https://preservedbritishsteamlocomotives.com/andrew-barclay-works-no-2248-albert-0-4-0st-2/ Preserved British Locomotives]" refer to 2248 as being based at BSC's "''Worcester & Somerset plants''". Worcester presumably refers to Worcestershire, ie Foley Park; the reason for the reference to Somerset is unclear.</ref>
The factory later employed two diesel shunters<ref name=miac/>:
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* "Severn Valley Railway". Railways in Worcestershire article. [http://www.miac.org.uk/severnvalleyline.html Link]. Accessed 09/01/2015.
==Links==
*[https://www.rocks-by-rail.org/exhibit/ab-1931/ Rocks by Rail: AB 1931 page]
*[https://www.plymrail.co.uk/locomotives Plym Valley Railway: Locomotives page including AB 2238 "Albert"]
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