LMS diesel shunter 7054 explained

LMS 7054
Powertype:Diesel-mechanical
Builder:Hunslet Engine Company
Builddate:1934
Totalproduction:1
Uicclass:C
Wheeldiameter:3feet
Wheelbase:9feet
Length:25feet
Width:8feet
Height:12feet
Locoweight:30.5LT
Fuelcap:100impgal
Transmission:Hunslet Engine Co.
Maxspeed:13mph
Poweroutput:(1) 180abbr=on0abbr=on at 900 rpm
(2) 179abbr=on0abbr=on at 1800 rpm
Tractiveeffort:Max: 15780lbf
Trainheating:None
Locobrakes:Air
Trainbrakes:None
Withdrawndate:See text
Disposition:Scrapped

LMS diesel shunter 7054 was initially allocated the number 7404 but this number was never carried. It was supplied by the Hunslet Engine Company in 1934. Testing started in October 1934 and it was taken into LMS stock in November 1934.

War Department use

The locomotive was loaned to the War Department for various periods of time during 1939–1942, which numbered it 26. It was withdrawn from LMS stock in May 1943 and sold to the War Department, which then numbered it 225 (70225 from 1944).

Post-war use

In 1947, it was sold to Hunslet, where it was stored for seven years before being hired to the National Coal Board. The NCB later bought the locomotive and had it rebuilt with a Rolls-Royce C6NFL engine by Hunslet in 1960–61. It worked at a number of collieries for the NCB, but was finally withdrawn and scrapped in 1974.

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