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Ruston & Hornsby was a major producer of small and medium diesel engines for land and marine applications. The company began to build diesel locomotives in 1931 (and continued up until 1967). It was a pioneer and major developer in the industrial application of small (up to 10,000 kW) heavy duty gas turbines from the 1950s onwards.
Shunting locomotives that have been based on the railway but now moved elsewhere are Ruston and Hornsby 0-4-0 183062 which used to shunt the milk depot at Chard Junction, and former Stanton and Staveley Iron Works 57, a Rolls-Royce Sentinel 0-6-0.
The British Rail Class 97/6 0-6-0 diesel shunting locomotives were purpose-built for departmental duties by Ruston & Hornsby at Lincoln in 1953 (97650) or 1959 (97651-654). There are minor technical differences between 97650 and the 1959 batch.
Joseph Ruston became a partner in the company in 1857 by buying Burton's share and the company changed name to Ruston, Proctor & Co. and grew to become a major agricultural engineering firm. In 1865 Ruston became the sole proprietor and in 1899 the firm became a limited company with a workforce of over 1000.
Ruston 165DM 0-4-0 DM: Ruston and Hornsby Ruston Green Operational Formerly D2957 (fictitious). [6]: 61 Based at Bewdley. D2960 Silver Spoon: BR Green Operational Works No. 281269; carries fictitious number D2960. [6]: 61 Based at Kidderminster. 11511 Ruston 165DE 0-4-0 DE: BR Black Operational Works No. 418596; carries fictitious number 11511 ...
Ruston & Hornsby 0-4-0 DM Class 165 Operational, mostly used for shunting. [2] 294266 Sir William McAlpine: Ruston & Hornsby 0-4-0 DM Class 48 Operational, mostly used for shunting. Bought directly from Sir William McAlpine. Same class of locomotive as was used by contractors to remove the original Middy-Line.
Ruston & Hornsby: Compressor wagon Built as a 48 horsepower (36 kW) 0-4-0D locomotive. Carried the name Star of India. Converted in 1980 to a mobile compressor unit. Withdrawn from K&ESR service in 1984 and used as a buffer stop at Bodiam for some time. Number 130 in the K&ESR stocklist. A: London and North Eastern Railway: 161278 12-ton van
A heavily stripped Class 73 locomotive, 73126 was used as a static training locomotive at the Fire Service College in Moreton-in-Marsh, replacing the previously used locomotives TDB 968030 (33018, preserved and now under restoration at a private site near Mangapps Farm in Essex) and ADB 968034 (08769, preserved at Severn Valley Railway). Since ...