Hornby OO R3706 Army 802 War Department Ruston 48DS 4-Wheel Diesel Shunter
A new detailed model of the tiny Ruston & Hornsby 48DS diesel shunting engines. These small locomotives were built to as an economical alternative to steam locomotive for shunting at small industrial sites.
Model finished as Army locomotive 802, one of the Rustons 48DS shunters ordered by the War department during WW2 and used for military storage depot and airfield construction projects.
Era 3-4 1923-1957
R&H No. 221645 left Boultham Works on 14 January, 1944 and was sent to the Ministry of Supply for Cwmavon Ordnance Depot in West Glamorgan. Between January 1952 and February 1959, Army 802 (as it became numbered) served at the Technical Stores sub-depot at Weedon in Northamptonshire, before being moved to storage at Long Marston. The locomotive was scrapped in January 1980.