432477/1959 - British Railways No. 83 - BR Green Railfreight Grey circa 1950

circa 1950

Eroded metal

the locomotive was allocated to Cambridge Shed from new and by Grouping was present at Peterborough East on shunting duties

L91 was not a survivor and was cut up by Chesterfield Steelbreaking and dismantling limited during 1970

It has been based at the Weardale Railway ever since

432477/1959 - British Railways No. 83 - BR Green Railfreight Grey circa 1950Ruston 432477 was built new for British Railways, being delivered to the North Eastern Region Civil Engineers Department at Etherley Tip in Witton, County Durham on 5 January 1959. Expired track ballast and materials were dumped at Etherley in the post war years, with the ballast being removed from the wagons, then passed over a screen to separate the 'fines' and muck from the bigger bits of stone. The fines would be dumped in the nearest low spot,