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| Built: | 1964 |
| Builder: | Andrew Barclay |
| Engine: | Rolls Royce C8SFL diesel |
| Power: | 311 hp (232 kW) |
| Wheel arrangement: | 0-6-0 |
Built in 1964 [1], AB486 operated at a number of power stations. After being built it worked at West Burton power station before transferring to Meaford Power Station (as its No. 4 loco) in 1979. Coal traffic to the power station ended in the mid-1980s, National Power (as the CEGB had become by then) donated No. 4 to the Foxfield Railway in 1990 where it still resides.
To cope with tight curves despite being an 0-6-0 the middle wheels are flangeless. The relatively large cab is designed to give good visibility in all directions.
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| Two views of Meaford No. 4 at the Foxfield Railway |
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| The locomotive carries the name Clive |
[1] Industrial Locomotives (13th Edition), (Industrial Railway Society, 2003) p. 194