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Ruston and Hornsby 165hp Diesel Electric Shunter D2961

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==D2961 in service==

D2961 is one of a number of 165 h.p. diesel shunters at the SVR, but is the only Diesel Electric example. It was built by Ruston and Hornsby of Lincoln as works number 418596 of 1957, and was delivered new to ICI Limited at Winnington, Cheshire. In early 1965 it moved to T.H. Ward of Sheffield, and late in the same year moved on to Higgs and Hill, Contractors for Fiddlers Ferry Power Station. After returning to Wards, it moved to Tunnel Cement at Birsley, Flint in 1969.

==D2961 in preservation==

Following purchase the locomotive arrived on the SVR in November 1980. It was repainted in BR green livery, given the fictitious number D2961, initially used as the Bridgnorth yard shunter and occasionally on engineers’ trains, and currently as boiler shop shunter. It is owned by Pete Cherry, as is photographed in March 2015 at Bridgnorth. ==Sources==SVR Stock Book Ninth Edition

==See also==

[[Diesel Locomotives]]

==References==

SVR Stock Book Ninth Edition<br>

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[[Category:Operational diesel shunters]]

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