408493/1957 - British Rail No. 20 - BR Rail Blue - DCC Sound FittedRuston 408493 was built new for British Railways Western Region, for use at the Signalling & Telecommunications Department workshops at Reading and was delivered on 19 January 1957. Taking the Departmental number 20, the locomotive spent its entire lifetime at Reading, housed under the Vastern Road bridge when not in use. Renumbered in 1973 under TOPS, to 97020, withdrawal came in April 1981 and the shunter was disposed of at Reading by Cartrights of

Sprung buffers and dummy screw couplings are included

Caledonian Sleeper

• Highly detailed

3 (10" x 5") & S4 single (10" x 5")

Ex-splitbox nose with plated door and WIPAC light clusters

583mm across body

1 end also featured various sockets for connecting to the test coaches

68619 is probably best recognised in its 1959 faux-GER fully lined livery with GER crest addition

each with individual numbers

While 1987 brought sad news with the first three examples switched off

which was accessed from the 3 mile long Paisley & Renfrew line running from the east bank of the River Cart at Paisley to a wharf at Renfrew on the south bank of the River Clyde

being used across the Eastern