Ruston Diesel Locomotives, Out Takes

Summary

Unused material shot by the Ruston Film Unit for the production "Industrial Shunting: Modern Technique".

Year:

1952

Duration:

0:11:13

Film type:

Black & White / Silent

Genre:

Industrial

Company:

Ruston and Hornsby Film Unit

Master format:

16mm

Description

Views of Ruston industrial diesel locomotives in works yard at Lincoln. Views inside the Lincoln works of Ruston and Hornsby showing diesel locomotives being assembled. Cabs are added to frames and we see painting underway. We then see views of a diesel shunter in use at Staythorpe power station in Nottinghamshire. This is followed by shots of an industrial steam locomotive (likely to be on the internal railway at Aveling-Barford Ltd in Grantham). We see the loco being loaded with coal and oiled followed by shots of the boiler tubes being cleaned out.


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