262997/1949 - West Midlands Joint Electricity Authority No. 1 - Ruston Works' Green Livery_BR blue (Cantrail Stripe) the intense backlash put paid

the intense backlash put paid to any future rededications

set at correct colour temperature

called 'Walsall B'

Class 55 'Deltic' - BR Green -  D9018 - Ballymoss

British FuelsBFL 92739 [871045-5]BFL 92823 [871206-2]BFL 92864 [871366-5]

262997/1949 - West Midlands Joint Electricity Authority No. 1 - Ruston Works' Green Livery_BR blue (Cantrail Stripe) the intense backlash put paidRuston 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,