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Baguley-Drewry 3702-3704

Baguley-Drewry built three battery-electric shunters for the MOD in the early 1970s for use at the then secret RAF Chilmark underground weapons store in Wiltshire. They were built to 610mm gauge.

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Number built: 3
Built: 1973
Builder: Baguley-Drewry
Motor: Battery-electric
Power: 50 hp (37 kW)
Wheel arrangement: 4wBE

The locomotives were re-built by Andrew Barclay in 1987 and remained in service until the closure of the base in 1994. All three have been preserved, 3702 as displayed here is preserved as NG23 on the Leighton Buzzard Light Railway, it arrived in 2010 having first being preserved at the RAF Museum.
NG23 at Page's Park