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418789 was one of four Ruston and Hornsby shunters acquired from Patent Shaft in 1980, arriving on the SVR on 29 October in that year where it was Christened ‘Archibald'.<ref name=SB8>SVR Stock Book Eighth Edition</ref> 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, 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 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> Some parts from Archibald were used in the overhaul of [[Ruston and Hornsby 165hp Diesel Shunter 319290|”Red Ruston” 319290]] at Kidderminster in spring 1991<ref>SVR News 133, "''The Early SVR shunters''", Chris Magner</ref>.
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