LMS diesel shunter 7053
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LMS diesel shunter 7053 carried its original number of 7403 only within the Hunslet Engine Company
's works, and was delivered as LMS
number 7053. It was of almost exactly the same size and shape as LMS diesel shunter 7052
, but had different internal fittings. It was loaned to the War Department between 1939-1942, which numbered it 23. Immediately upon return to the LMS, in December 1942, it was withdrawn from stock and sold back to Hunslet. No further use was found for it and it was eventually dismantled during the mid-1950s.
Hunslet Engine Company
The Hunslet Engine Company is a British locomotive-building company founded in 1864 at Jack Lane, Hunslet, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England by John Towlerton Leather, a civil engineering contractor, who appointed James Campbell as his Works Manager.In 1871, James Campbell bought the company for...
's works, and was delivered as LMS
London, Midland and Scottish Railway
The London Midland and Scottish Railway was a British railway company. It was formed on 1 January 1923 under the Railways Act of 1921, which required the grouping of over 120 separate railway companies into just four...
number 7053. It was of almost exactly the same size and shape as LMS diesel shunter 7052
LMS diesel shunter 7052
LMS diesel shunter 7052 carried its original number of 7402 only within the Hunslet Engine Company's works, and was delivered as LMS number 7052. It was loaned to the War Department between 1940-1942, which numbered it 24. It was withdrawn from LMS stock in December 1943 and sold for use at RNAD...
, but had different internal fittings. It was loaned to the War Department between 1939-1942, which numbered it 23. Immediately upon return to the LMS, in December 1942, it was withdrawn from stock and sold back to Hunslet. No further use was found for it and it was eventually dismantled during the mid-1950s.