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*'''402812 ‘Yellow Peril’''': Ruston & Hornsby 4wDM, Works No 402812/1957, ex British Steel Corp., Wolverhampton. Arrived September 1975 for use on Engineers trains, sold by summer 1981<ref name="SVR60" />. Last known at the Swanage Railway, believed scrapped.<ref>[http://www.uklocos.com/scrapped-results.asp?action=display&Id=1053 UKLocos web site] Retrieved 18 March 2015</ref>
*'''D7633''': Beyer Peacock Class 25 Bo-Bo, ex British Railways. Acquired by the SVR P-Way Diesel Fund, arrived in January 1988. Sold to the Dean Forest Railway in 2003.
*'''408297 'William'''': Ruston & Hornsby 165hp 0-4-0DM, Works No 408297/1957. One of four locos bought from Patent Shaft Steelworks, Wednesbury in 1980 (of which [[Ruston and Hornsby 165hp Diesel Electric Shunter D2961 | D2961]] is still at the Railway). Cannibalised for partsand scrapped circa 1984<ref name="HolroydeFacebook20160215">[https://www.facebook.com/groups/2360466988/permalink/10153423056641989/?comment_id=10153425877276989 Comment by David Holroyde on SVR Unofficial Facebook Group]</ref>.*'''11509 ‘Alan’''': Ruston & Hornsby 165hp 0-4-0DM Works No 414304/1957, ex Patent Shaft Steelworks, Wednesbury in 1980. Used as Bewdley shunter until the arrival of D3022, later used at Kidderminster carriage works until 1989. Scrapped circa 2002<ref>[http://www.uklocos.com/scrapped-results.asp?action=display&Id=1055 UKLocos web site] Retrieved 28 February 2015</ref><ref name="HolroydeFacebook20160215">[https://www.facebook.com/groups/2360466988/permalink/10153423056641989/?comment_id=10153425877276989 Comment by David Holroyde on SVR Unofficial Facebook Group]</ref>.
*'''418789 ‘Archibald’''': Ruston & Hornsby 165hp 0-4-0DM Works No 418789/1957, ex Patent Shaft Steelworks, Wednesbury in 1980. Was owned by Pete Cherry, briefly used on the Railway. Scrapped 1990 at Booths, Rotherham<ref>[http://www.uklocos.com/scrapped-results.asp?action=display&Id=1059 UKLocos web site] Retrieved 28 February 2015</ref><ref name="HolroydeFacebook20160215" />.
*'''414301''': Ruston 165DSG (flameproofed), Works No 414301/1957, Former Royal Naval Armaments, arrived SVR 14 February 1981 ex South Staffs Wagon Co as source of spare parts for other Ruston shunters<ref>SVR News 59</ref>.
