RustonRuston and Hornsby Ltd. of Lincoln, engineer and locomotive manufacturer acquired by English Electric in 1966. Also, Ruston-Bucyrus Ltd established in 1930 and jointly owned by Ruston and Hornsby and Bucyrus-Erie (US) and Hornsby 165hp Diesel Shunter 418789 Archibald
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Built By |
RustonRuston and Hornsby Ltd. of Lincoln, engineer and locomotive manufacturer acquired by English Electric in 1966. Also, Ruston-Bucyrus Ltd established in 1930 and jointly owned by Ruston and Hornsby and Bucyrus-Erie (US) & Hornsby
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Configuration |
0-4-0
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Power type |
Diesel Mechanical
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Status |
Scrapped
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Other Numbers |
Works No 418789/1957
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History
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Built |
1957
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Designed By |
RustonRuston and Hornsby Ltd. of Lincoln, engineer and locomotive manufacturer acquired by English Electric in 1966. Also, Ruston-Bucyrus Ltd established in 1930 and jointly owned by Ruston and Hornsby and Bucyrus-Erie (US) & Hornsby
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Type |
DM165
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1981 |
Arrived on SVRSevern Valley Railway
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Technical
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Length |
22ft 1in
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Weight |
28t
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Diesel Locomotives
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Preamble
Service
Built by RustonRuston and Hornsby Ltd. of Lincoln, engineer and locomotive manufacturer acquired by English Electric in 1966. Also, Ruston-Bucyrus Ltd established in 1930 and jointly owned by Ruston and Hornsby and Bucyrus-Erie (US) 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 as No. 2448 in 1957. In 1964 it was sold to Patent Shaft Steelworks, also of Wednesbury[1][2].
Preservation
418789 was one of four R&HRuston and Hornsby Ltd. of Lincoln, engineer and locomotive manufacturer acquired by English Electric in 1966. Also, Ruston-Bucyrus Ltd established in 1930 and jointly owned by Ruston and Hornsby and Bucyrus-Erie (US) shunters acquired from Patent Shaft in late 1980, arriving on the SVRSevern Valley Railway on 29 October in that year.[3] Christened ‘Archibald', it saw brief service on the Railway. It was later used as a source of spares for the other Rustons,[2] before being sold for scrap and cut up at CF Booth in Rotherham in April 1990.[4]
See also
References
- ↑ SVRSevern Valley Railway News 59
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 SVRSevern Valley Railway News 133 p. 62. "The Early SVRSevern Valley Railway Shunters" (Chris Magner)
- ↑ SVRSevern Valley Railway Stock Book Eighth Edition
- ↑ UKLocos.Com
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