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==D2957 319290 in Service==D2957 319290 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 319290 in Preservation==[[Image:D2957STW.jpg |thumb|350px|left| D2957 with STW equipment]]319290 was the first Ruston and Hornsby shunter acquired by the S, and is VRSVR, 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]]
For some years the locomotive carried a BR livery with the fictitious number D2957. However in May 2017 it was repainted and renumbered 319290. It is maintained by the [[Bewdley Carriage & Wagon Department]].
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File:D2957_20150307.jpg |319290, numbered D2957, at Bewdley in 2015
File:D2957STW.jpg |319290 with STW equipment
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