262997/1949 - West Midlands Joint Electricity Authority No. 1 - Ruston Works' Green ERA_Departmental

262997/1949 - West Midlands Joint Electricity Authority No. 1 - Ruston Works' Green ERA_DepartmentalRuston 262997 was built new for the West Midlands Joint Electricity Authority, leaving Boultham Works on 27 January 1949 for the Birchills Power Station in Walsall. Birchills came under the control of the WMJEA in 1925 and in 1944 it was decided that a new Station, Birchills B, should be constructed. The new power station, called 'Walsall B', officially opened on 30th September, 1949, and 262997 was responsible for shunting at the new Power Station,

with black ironwork - Triple Pack

HYA 371050

HYA 371026

Wheelbase of 42mm

Introduced in 1961

however their use extended beyond just the capital

110 profile wheelsets with 14

Vacuum brake fitted and running on roller bearing axle boxes

nose-mounted antenna

factory-fitted pipework and screw couplings (for display)

repaints into the new blue scheme were not uncommon before 1970 and a not insignificant number gained double arrows and Rail alphabet numbers on all four cabsides

Shed codes