262997/1949 - West Midlands Joint Electricity Authority No. 1 - Ruston Works' Green - DCC Sound Fitted Livery_VTG still in 'Dutch' colours

still in 'Dutch' colours

The North Eastern Region employed a number of 88DS in the Civil Engineering Department

the locomotive was allocated to Cambridge Shed from new and by Grouping was present at Peterborough East on shunting duties

Pack of 3 Loads

262997/1949 - West Midlands Joint Electricity Authority No. 1 - Ruston Works' Green - DCC Sound Fitted Livery_VTG still in 'Dutch' coloursRuston 262997 was built new for the West Midlands Joint Electricity Authority, leaving Boultham Works on 27 January 1949 for the Birchills Power Station in Walsall. Birchills came under the control of the WMJEA in 1925 and in 1944 it was decided that a new Station, Birchills B, should be constructed. The new power station, called 'Walsall B', officially opened on 30th September, 1949, and 262997 was responsible for shunting at the new Power Station,