This locomotive is one of the oldest diesel locomotives to be built by Hudswell Clarke. It was one of a batch of 610mm gauge locomotives built for industrial use in the early 1930s. It began it's working life at Beswick's Limeworks in Buston in 1930. It was joined by three others including D558 which has also been preserved (at the Apedale Valley Light Railway).
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| D564 at Aberystwyth |
| Information |
| Number built: |
1 |
| Built: |
1930 |
| Builder: |
Hudswell Clarke |
| Motor: |
Dorman 4-cylinder diesel |
| Power: |
36 hp (27 kW) |
| Wheel arrangement: |
4wDM |
D564 was equipped with a McLaren 3-cylinder diesel from new but this was replaced by a Dorman unit in the late 1950s. D564 is now stored on the Vale of Rheidol railway in Aberystwyth.
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| Side view of D564 |
