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The locomotive was built by Ruston and Hornsby ("R&H") of Lincoln as works number 281269 of 1950. Its first ownership and use from 1950 on has not been traced.
The British Sugar Corporation (BSC) factory at [[Foley Park]] between Kidderminster and Bewdley had a large [[Foley Park sidings|sidings]] which post-WW2 were home to three Andrew Barclay 0-4-0ST locomotives. In 1961 a diesel shunter arrived, R&H 0-4-0DE works no. 408866/1959. Use of steam at Foley Park ended in January 1969, coinciding with the arrival of 281669 281269 as a spare shunter. While at Foley Park, 281669 carried the name "Silver Spoon" and was painted in BSC blue livery with red lining. <ref name=miac>[http://www.miac.org.uk/sugar.html Railways in Worcestershire]</ref><ref name=SVR133>SVR News 133, Summer 2000, "The Early SVR Shunters", Chris Magner</ref>
When passenger services between Kidderminster and Bewdley ended in 1971, [[SVR(H)]] was able to acquire the line from [[Alveley Colliery]] via Bewdley as far as Foley Park. However sugar beet traffic continued between Foley Park and Kidderminster for a number of years, with the sidings still being worked by the two R&H shunters.