Industrial Diesel Shunters
In addition to the larger network shunters there is also a modest collection of old industrial designs in varying states of repair.
| Number & Name | Description | History & Current Status | Livery | Owner(s) | Date | Photograph |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operational | ||||||
| No. 15097 | Simplex 0-4-0PM |
15097 (works number 1930) was built by Motor Rail Ltd and was ultimately preserved after a long career at various English foundries. She was first based at the Midland Railway – Butterley, but years of disuse caused her to be sold to Derby Industrial Museum for static display. Circa 2000, she was moved to Ruddington for full restoration and was repainted (alongside Morris) into an anachronistic BR livery to resemble LNER Class Y11 shunters, but unlike Morris she still retains a pertrol-burning engine. She is now on loan to the Beamish Museum of living history in County Durham for an undetermined period. | BR Black with the Early Crest. | Private owner. | 1919 | |
| No. 15099 Morris |
Simplex 0-4-0DM |
Morris (works number 2028) was built at Motor Rail (Simplex) Works in Bedford and started out at Exeley & Sons Ltd in Shropshire from new. In 1935 her petrol engine was replaced by a modern diesel design and she was sold that year to Davy Morris Works in Loughborough, working there until withdrawal in the late 1980s. Arriving at Ruddington in 1990 she was the first motive power on site at the start of the railway's preservation, but was held in store for years at Rushcliffe Halt until restoration was carried out. After visits to other heritage railways she is back in regular service on shunting duties. | BR Black with the Early Crest. | Simplex 2028 Association. | 1920 | ~ |
| Marblaegis | Ruston & Hornsby 88DS 0-4-0DM |
Marblaegis was built by Ruston & Hornsby to work at the British Gypsum foundry at Rushcliffe and East Leake, which is still part of the railway complex which makes up the Great Central's preserved northern section. In 1991 she was withdrawn from service and was chosen to remain at the railway as preserved. After 11 years spent in open storage she was towed to the heritage complex, covered in a decade of residue from the Gypsum company. A full overhaul and repaint followed and she returned to service in Summer 2003. She performs on shunting duties on some days and was repainted again in 2009. | Green. | Simplex 2028 Association. | 1946 | |
| Qwag | Ruston & Hornsby 0-4-0DM |
Qwag was built by Ruston and was sent immediately to work in the private sidings of Frederick Parker Ltd. In 1969 she was withdrawn and put into store until being purchased by a new group in 1972, the Quorn & Woodhouse Action Group (QWAG). Late in that year she was moved to the southern section of the Great Central Railway, becoming the first motive power on site since the railway was preserved in 1970. Numerous financial issues caused her sale into preservation and removal to Ruddington in 2004. An overhaul was completed in 2009, with a repaint into the same livery carried by Marblaegis. | Green. | Private owner. | 1954 | ~ |
| No. 28 Bardon |
Andrew Barclay 0-4-0DM |
Bardon was built at Andrew Barclay's Caledonian Works in Kilmarnock. Originally named Duke of Edinburgh, she worked at Bardon Hill Quarries in Leicestershire for 25 years until being put out of use in 1981. After four years in active storage she was given away to the Great Central's former owning charity in 1985. Her main job was to pilot permanent way trains for the extension of the line between Rothley and Belgrave and Birstall, but upon its completion she was taken out of service once again. Today she is based at Rothley, as a shed pilot for the Railway Vehicle Preservations carriage works. | Lined Green. | Private owner. | 1956 | |
| D2959 Staythorpe |
Ruston & Hornsby 165 0-4-0DE |
Staythorpe was built in Grantham and was bought by National Power for regular use as a mineral train shunter at Staythorpe Power Station in Nottinghamshire. She was taken off the hands of the station in early 1994 to assist with track-laying at Ruddington following the purchase of more resources for the heritage centre. After the completion of the project she has returned to service as a standard yard shunter and over the years has been in service in various liveries, including most recently with a fictional BR livery and number. Today she is available for hire to other railways as well as for more local jobs. | BR Green with the Late Crest. | Private owner. | 1961 | ~ |
| Undergoing overhaul, restoration or repairs | ||||||
| Stored or static | ||||||
| No. D4279 Arthur Wright |
John Fowler 0-4-0DM |
Arthur Wright was built for use at the East Midlands Gas Board. Her first area of work was at Carr House Works in Rotherham, before moving to Derby in the 1960s. Afterwards she was sold to Albert Looms in 1970 and worked for the company until 1974, and was sold into private hands. Arriving in early 1975, she was repainted and named after the late Arthur Wright, a director for the MLST. In her earliest years of preservation she was proven to be a valuable asset to the railway, when run-round facilities were very limited. However, she is now in store at Swithland, awaiting a much-needed overhaul. | Dark blue. | Private owner. | 1952 | ~ |
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