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Ruston & Hornsby 4wD 88DS class built 1957, number 408496 "Gas Oil"

Above: Ruston 88DS class 4wDM "Gas Oil" stands at Caverswall Road on 24 June 2004 
 

A standard product of the Lincoln works of Ruston & Hornsby in 1957, to their design 88DS, and delivered new to Shanks & Co Ltd of Longpark, Kilmarnock, Scotland. It was one of many similar locomotives with mechanical transmission , characterised by deep channel frames and typical Ruston body styling. Sold on to Thomas Piggot & Horsley Bridge Ltd, it moved south to Dudley Port in the West Midlands in 1968. While there it worked alongside a steam locomotive which was part of the Foxfield collection for several years, "J T Daly", which is now in the Channel Islands. During 1982 the locomotive was made redundant and was offered to a group of Foxfield members. Delivered by road to the railway in January 1983, it has been used on permanent way trains, with a full engine overhaul carried out a few years after arrival. It has become known as "Gas Oil" and currently carries a dark green livery.
 

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