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Alistair Grieve SHUNTERS &INDUSTRIALS
NEWS ROUND-UP
LOCOMOTIVE SERVICES
LSL’S No. 08737 has been repainted
and renumbered –itnow carries full
BR green livery with its original, pre-
tops number No. D3095.
RMSLOCOTEC
LOCO No.08788 finallyleft Shotton
on July11, beingmovedtoTeesport to
replace No. 08613which is in needof
repair.No. 08788 wasthe lastofthe
RMS‘08s’ on-site at Shotton. Once No.
08613 hadarrived at Wolsingham,the
overhauled and repaintedNo. 08375
wasdue to move to its newownersat
the Port of Boston.
RMS’ Rolls-Royce Sentinel
0-6-0DH No. H014 has entered
preservation, moving from
Wolsingham to the Great Central
EASTLEIGH TURN: RSS’ No. 08511 shunts amotley Railway (Nottingham) in mid-
collection of engineering wagons at Eastleigh East Yard on July. Worksnumber 10262, it was
July4–comprisingofa 12ton crane, an OCAopen, a'Mullet' built in 1967 and entered service
flat and asingle IOAbulk ballast wagon. The shunter is one with the NCB at Ollerton Colliery,
of three RSS locos on hiretoGBRf at Eastleigh since it took Nottinghamshire.
overduties from DB CargoinApril. Steve Stubbs
WESTMIDLANDS TRAINS
SOHO EMU depot’s Railfreight-
YECloco back Twomove to Avon liveried shunter No. 08805 has been
undergoingmaintenance in the EMU
shed, the work including replacement
in traffic ValleyRailway of the fuel pump.
JUNE 30 wasa bigday at RocksbyRail RSSshuffles fleet
(Rutland) with the reintroduction to
trafficofthe 220hp YorkshireEngine Co Ex-Great Western Railway loco enters preservation RAILWAYSupport Services has
0-6-0DE No. 1382. but immediatelygoes back out on hire. undertaken ashuffleofits ‘08s’ in July,
It wasbuilt in 1961 (with Works partlyinitiated by damage caused to
number No. 2791) forthe United Steels AS part of the drive by GWRto No. 08663 from Bristol came No. 09015 No. 08934 at Dagenham.
Companies OreMining Branch, and concentrate its remaining fleet of ‘08s’ from RSSatWishaw(Warwickshire). This This shunter washit by aderailed
worked at theColsterworth ironstone on those with 110V electrical equipment, loco has been stored outside forquite wagonand, whilst initiallyitwas going
quarry (Lincolnshire) untilits closure anotherofthe 90V locos has been sold, some time and, having suffered copper to be repaired, further investigation
in 1972. with Bristol St Philip’s Marsh No.08663 thefts,does need alot of work to return found twisted frames and so it was
No. 1382 wasthe last to leave entering preservation at the nearby it to traffic. Work will notcommence transported direct from Dagenham to
as it wasretained to help with Avon ValleyRailway in July. Although immediately, buta full rebuildand rewire Barrow Hill forcomponent recovery.
track removal, after which it moved operational, it is air-braked onlyand so areplanned beforeitenters service at The movescommenced on July12,
onto the NormanbyPark steel will requirethe vacuum braking system the AVR. with No. 08939 moving from Neville Hill
works(Scunthorpe) untilentering to be reinstated beforeitcan work ■ No. 08663’s tenureatthe AVRwas to Felixstowe,joining No. 08757 there
preservation in 1981 at the Rutland passengertrains. abrief one, however, as by the end of fora brief period beforethe latter was
Railway Museum(nowRocksbyRail). The lorry that took No. 08663 to Julyitwas at theRSS yard at Wishaw shifted to Dagenham on the 15th.
Aregular performer untilsidelined the AVRhad previouslybeenused to (Warwickshire). Like No. 08757 hired No. 08934 wasthen movedto
with electrical issues, the diesel loco transport No. D3022 (08015) from the in from the TelfordSteam Railwaylast Barrow Hill, and the merry-go-round
spent manyyears out of trafficuntila Severn ValleyRailway to the Bristol depot month, No. 08663 has been hired in as wascompleted with No. 08846 heading
newowner and the Industrial Diesel and fortyreturning. short-term coveruntilone of the RSS north from WishawtoNeville Hill to
Industrial RailwayPreservation Group Following on from the arrival of fleet can be made available. replacethe space vacatedbyNo. 08939.
took it on. Restoration commenced With no OTMR or TPWS fitted, No. 08846
at Scunthorpe Steelworksand was will be confined to working in the depot
completed at Andrew Briddon’s area only. Thelocowas previouslyowned
workshop at DarleyDale, the by Bombardier and had been undergoing
locomotive returning to Rutland at the overhaul at Wishaw. It took atrip to
end of May. Bristol St Philip’s Marsh on June 21 for
Nowresplendent in USC maroon tyreturning, returning on the 24th.
livery,itwas asuccessful return to
trafficfor the engine, sharing duties
with the twoex-Oxfordshireironstone
Sentinels Jean and Betty.
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Wolsingham on the Weardale Railway on July19, including No. 08885 nearest the ON PAGE 12
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