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Andrew Barclay 153HP DM


Ruston

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This 0-4-0 diesel-mechanical was bought from an explosives works, near Coventry. It had originally been built for the war effort and is believed to have landed on the D-Day beaches. After returning to the UK it was sold out of WD service and through a dealer ended up at the explosives works. Strong purchased the entire site and scrapped everything there. The loco was used to move wagons around the site during the demolition and was eventually brought to the yard for further use. It proved to be a very reliable locomotive and was used for many years until the Gardner engine suffered a broken crankshaft. That was the end for the Barclay, which was cut up, sometime in 1982.

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