Accurascale ACC2856 Ruston 88DS Locomotive Babcock & Wilcox No. P4937 - O Gauge

Name: Accurascale ACC2856 Ruston 88DS Locomotive Babcock & Wilcox No. P4937 - O Gauge
Brand: Accurascale

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Rails of Sheffield\n--Learn more about us \n--Shipping \n--Returns \n--Feedback \n--Contact Us \n--Payment Methods\nAccurascale ACC2856 ACC2856 Ruston And Hornsby 88DS 245034/1947 Babcock & Wilcox No. P4937 Industrial Green, with Wasp Stripes Diesel Shunter\n\nRuston 245034 was built new for the firm of Babcox & Wilcox Ltd in Refrewshire, leaving the works on 1 December 1947, where it was part of a fleet of 88DS utilised by the Boilermakers. The works opened in 1895 and covered 180 acres, one of the largest boiler making works in the world at the time, 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. Although B&W Renfrew manufactured huge boilers for both conventional and nuclear power stations, the line was completely shut in 1977, the same year that production at Renfrew was scaled back due to the recession, with 1100 workers losing theird