Hornby OO R30017 BR D2959 Ruston and Hornsby 88DS 4w Diesel Shunter
Release postponed to 2024 programme.
Model of Ruston 48DS diesel shunter 200793, supplied to the Old Mill Colliery, Radstock in 1940.
The Hornby 48DS features a very fine mechanism providing excellent performance at slow shunting speeds. The attached flat wagon is provided with pickups, increasing the effective wheelbase for traversing insulated points, alternatively the wagons can be detached and a rear coupler fitted to the locomotive.
This Ruston locomotive passed into preservation and has worked at a number of heritage lines, acquiring the name Gower Princess during it;s time in Wales. More recently 200793 has found a home on the West Somerset Railway, being overhauled and restored through the railway's apprentice scheme.