Built by Ruston & Hornsby in January 1957 with the serial number 408493, this 0-4-0 shunter was ordered specifically for departmental use by the Western region in Readings Signal Works. The transmission was diesel mechanical, although the wheels were chain driven from the gearbox and the loco was rated at 88 BHP for a weight of only 17 tons. Delivered to the WR with the number 20 it was renumbered to 97020 in May 1980. However withdrawal came in April 1981 and it was scrapped on site in August 1982 by Cartwrights of Tipton. For refuelling, it had to go via the main line to the depot at Reading. Photographed under a bridge and through a fence, hence the poor quality picture.... 2-7-77
Built by Ruston & Hornsby in January 1957 with the serial number 408493, this 0-4-0 shunter was ordered specifically for departmental use by the Western region in Readings Signal Works. The transmission was diesel mechanical, although the wheels were chain driven from the gearbox and the loco was rated at 88 BHP for a weight of only 17 tons. Delivered to the WR with the number 20 it was renumbered to 97020 in May 1980. However withdrawal came in April 1981 and it was scrapped on site in August 1982 by Cartwrights of Tipton. For refuelling, it had to go via the main line to the depot at Reading. Photographed under a bridge and through a fence, hence the poor quality picture.... 2-7-77
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13003 is seen at Swindon on 5-10-80 and presumably is in for repair as the loco(s) wern't withdrawn until Jan 1985 and cut at Doncaster in September 1986.Previous | NextPWM650 snapped in the consist of an engineering train climbing Filton Bank, Bristol. 23-7-76

Shunter '20' awaits further use underneath a flyover in Reading Signal Works 1976

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