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Ruston 88DS

Ruston 88DS

Ruston & Hornsby Ltd, of Lincoln, was formed as the result of the merger between Ruston, Proctor & Co. Ltd and Richard Hornsby & Sons Ltd on September 11, 1918 and their first narrow gauge diesel locomotive left the works on September 1, 1931. In the summer of 1932, production was moved to the larger Boultham Works, where the firm were eventually to become Britain’s largest builder of diesel locomotives, with over 6,500 being built by the time production ceased in 1969.

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408493/1957 - British Rail No. 20 - BR Rail Blue - DCC Sound Fitted

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Ruston 408493 was built new for British Railways Western Region, for use at the Signalling & Telecommunications Department workshops at Reading...

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518494/1967 - Tarmac Roadstone No. 655/29/38 - Tarmac Yellow Olive - DCC Sound Fitted

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Ruston Works No. 518494 was the last 88DS to be built by the firm, leaving Boultham Works on November 29th 1967 bound for Tarmac Roadstone Holdings...

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432477/1959 - British Railways No. 83 - BR Green - DCC Sound Fitted

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Ruston 432477 was built new for British Railways, being delivered to the North Eastern Region Civil Engineer’s Department at Etherley Tip in Witton...

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441934/1960 - Rowntree Macintosh No. 3 - Lined Green - DCC Sound Fitted

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Ruston 441934 was built new for Rowntree & Co. Ltd of York, being delivered on 14 April 1960 to join R&H 421419/1958 and 432479/1959 in the...

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262997/1949 - West Midlands Joint Electricity Authority No. 1 - Ruston Works' Green - DCC Sound Fitted

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Ruston 262997 was built new for the West Midlands Joint Electricity Authority, leaving Boultham Works on 27 January 1949 for the Birchills Power St...

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338413/1953 - National Coal Board No. 63-000-352 - BR Rail Blue - DCC Sound Fitted

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Ruston 338413 was built new for the National Coal Board, for use at the East Cannock Colliery in Staffordshire, leaving the works on 23 April 1953....

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412427/1957 - Bowaters Northfleet - Industrial Pale Green - DCC Sound Fitted

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Ruston 412427 was built new for Bowaters Packaging Ltd, for use at their newly expanded Northfleet site in Kent, leaving Boultham on 25 March 1957....

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245034/1947 - Babcock & Wilcox No. P4937 - Industrial Green, with Wasp Stripes - DCC Sound Fitted

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Ruston 245034 was built new for the firm of Babcox & Wilcox Ltd in Refrewshire, leaving the works on 1 December 1947, where it was part of a fl...

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245033/1947 - Eastern Gas Board - Tottenham No. 12 - Dark Red - DCC Sound Fitted

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Ruston 245033, built new for the Tottenham & District Gas Company, was delivered to their Tottenham Gasworks site on 2 October 1947. Liveried i...

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408496/1957 - NEI-Clark Chapman - Lined Blue, with Arrows - DCC Sound Fitted

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Ruston 408496 was built new for the firm of Shanks & Co. Ltd at Longpark Pottery in Hillhead, Kilmarnock, leaving the works at Boultham on 24 J...

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