262997/1949 - West Midlands Joint Electricity Authority No. 1 - Ruston Works' Green HTO/HTV Hopper Individual lettering

Individual lettering

Initially allocated to Aberbeeg but transferred to Ebbw Junction whilst in the condition represented here

The decoder masters the automatic pressing and detaching when uncoupling for ROCO®

Tooling for anti-friction gear

With up to 1

262997/1949 - West Midlands Joint Electricity Authority No. 1 - Ruston Works' Green HTO/HTV Hopper Individual letteringRuston 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,