Changes

Built by Ruston and Hornsby of Lincoln as Works No 418789 of 1957, it was delivered new on 6 December 1957 to Metropolitan-Cammell Carriage & Wagon Co. Ltd., Old Park, Wednesbury. The locomotive was registered by the BTC British Transport Commission as No. 2448 in 1957. In 1964 it was sold to Patent Shaft Steelworks, also of Wednesbury<ref name=SVR59>SVR News 59</ref><ref name=SVR133>SVR News 133 p. 62. "The Early SVR Shunters" (Chris Magner)</ref>.

418789 was one of four R&H Ruston and Hornsby shunters acquired from Patent Shaft in late 1980, arriving on the SVR on 29 October in that yearwhere it was Christened ‘Archibald'.<ref name=SB8>SVR Stock Book Eighth Edition</ref> Christened ‘Archibald'Initially, Pete Cherry owned Archibald. However, when brought to the SVR, the Railway were not really aware which of the locomotives were any good. It transpired that Archibald and sister locomotive [[Ruston and Hornsby 165hp Diesel Shunter 408297 William|William]] were not going to be kept long-term, it and that [[Ruston and Hornsby 165hp Diesel Electric Shunter D2961|Diesel Electric 418596]] would stay as Bridgnorth shunter rather than be used by the P-Way as was originally thought. At that point ownership of Archibald and the Diesel Electric locomotives was simply swapped.<ref>Pete Cherry</ref> Archibald saw only brief service on the Railway. It was later used as a source of spares for the other Rustons,<ref name=SVR133/> before being sold for scrap and cut up at CF Booth in Rotherham . At Booth's, it was exchanged for [[BR Class 11 12099]] by The [[Kidderminster Shunter Fund]]. Archibald was cut up in April 1990.<ref>[http://www.uklocos.com/scrapped-results.asp?action=display&id=1136 UKLocos.Com]</ref>