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Yorkshire Engine Co. DE2 diesel-electric.

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This Ruston V6-powered diesel-electric came to the yard from the former English Steel Corporation's River Don works, near Sheffield. It had led a hard life of moving huge forge ingots and casting cars around, and was smokey. It also leaked oil from the engine and was said to use as much oil per hour as it did diesel! It was used intermittently until one day in 1979 when a traction motor fire ended its usefulness.

 

It spent a couple of years parked in front of the doors of the former Midland Railway goods and grain warehouse, before being unceremoniously dragged to to main scrap pile, where piece by piece, it become part of the pile.

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Covkid

Is this a Judith Edge kit Dave ?

Thought Charlie might have got it from Round Oak !!!

 

Very nice

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15 hours ago, Covkid said:

Is this a Judith Edge kit Dave ?

Thought Charlie might have got it from Round Oak !!!

 

Very nice

It is indeed a JE kit. I wanted to do it as a Round Oak loco, but the all-over stripes were just a bit too much for me and I chickened out of attempting them!

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