262997/1949 - West Midlands Joint Electricity Authority No. 1 - Ruston Works' Green HTO/HTV Hopper 33mm over gangways

33mm over gangways

This access has allowed us to develop the most comprehensive suite of tooling to produce the ultimate class 60

and 262997 was responsible for shunting at the new Power Station

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262997/1949 - West Midlands Joint Electricity Authority No. 1 - Ruston Works' Green HTO/HTV Hopper 33mm over gangwaysRuston 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,