John Fowler 4200019 / BR ED2-6

Industrial locomotives often had long service lives and, thanks to rebuilds, could end their careers quite different to how they started! John Fowler 4200019 was built in 1947 with a Fowler diesel and mechanical transmission for Batchelors Foods in Sheffield. In 1960 it was rebuilt by Thomas Hill with a Rolls Royce engine and hydraulic transmission [1]. The locomotive is now preserved at the Heritage Shunters Trust as BIGGA, after Batchelors Food's well known processed peas!

BIGGA at Rowsley South

Information
Number built:	1
Built:	1947 (Rebuilt 1960)
Builder:	John Fowler & Company (Rebuilt by Thomas Hill)
Motor:	Fowler diesel (Rebuilt) Rolls Royce C6 diesel
Power:	(Original) 150 hp (112 kW)
Formation:	0-4-0DM (Rebuilt as 0-4-0DH)

Five very similar locomotives (John Fowler 4200041-5) to this one were built for the LMS in 1947 though by the time they entered service it was for British Railways [2] as ED2-6. They worked for BR's Engineering Department until being withdrawn in the late 1960s [3].

Another view of BIGGA

[1] Heritage Shunters Trust Stock List (2016) p. 13
[2] Brian Haresnape, Diesel Shunters (Ian Allan, 1984) p. 77
[3] Paul Smith & Shirley Smith, British Rail Departmental Locomotives 1948-1968 (Ian Allan, 2014) p. 22