Ruston engines specifications7/29/2023 ![]() ![]() Nominally based at Swindon, it worked where needed, including in South Wales, the Thames Valley and into Worcestershire. By the summer of 1953, it was doing the task for which it had been purchased with weekdays spent in permanent way depots assisting in the assembly of track panels while at weekends, it was hauled to worksites as part of an engineering train to manoeuvre the various wagons. Finished in green, it was delivered to Swindon Works from Ruston’s Lincoln plant the following month for acceptance tests. Upon completion in December 1952, the shunter was numbered PWM650, this standing for Permanent Way Machine as it was considered an item of engineering plant rather than a locomotive. Weighing in at 28 tons, the shunter was fitted with a six-cylinder Ruston engine developing 150hp along with a generator and traction motor supplied by British Thomson Houston. ![]() The 0-6-0 diesel-electric loco was based on Ruston’s then recently introduced 165DE model with a few modifications to suit the requirements of British Railways. The first of the Western Region’s departmental shunters was ordered from Ruston & Hornsby in November 1951, the intention being that it would accompany track-laying equipment to possessions across the region for on-site shunting. >Click here for details of the models being produced. Model Rail, Kernow Model Rail Centre and Heljan have joined forces to bring you a ready-to-run ‘OO’ gauge Class 97/6, better known as the ‘PWM'.
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