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==D2957 in Preservation==
 
==D2957 in Preservation==
319290 was the first Ruston and Hornsby shunter acquired by the SVR, 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 as of 2015 it acts as yard shunter at Bewdley where it carries a BR livery with the number D2957.  It is maintained by the [[Bewdley Carriage & Wagon Department]].
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319290 was the first Ruston and Hornsby shunter acquired by the SVR, 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 as of 2015 it acts as yard shunter in [[Bewdley Down Yard]] where it carries a BR livery with the number D2957.  It is maintained by the [[Bewdley Carriage & Wagon Department]].
  
 
==Sources==
 
==Sources==

Revision as of 08:48, 25 November 2015

D2957
D2957 with STW equipment

D2957 in Service

D2957 is one of a number of 165 h.p. diesel shunters at the SVRSevern Valley Railway. It was 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 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 in Preservation

319290 was the first 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 shunter acquired by the SVRSevern Valley Railway, being purchased from B.I.P by 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 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)”. It saw regular use in the SVRSevern Valley Railway’s early days on Engineers’ trains, but as of 2015 it acts as yard shunter in Bewdley Down Yard where it carries a BRBritish Rail or British Railways livery with the number D2957. It is maintained by the Bewdley Carriage & Wagon Department.

Sources

SVRSevern Valley Railway Stock Book Ninth Edition

See also

Diesel Locomotives
Bewdley Carriage & Wagon Department
List of preservation groups