262997/1949 - West Midlands Joint Electricity Authority No. 1 - Ruston Works' Green - DCC Sound Fitted Livery_BR Lined Green (late) flicker free lighting and continuous

flicker free lighting and continuous sound

The Finsbury Park thoroughbred is still in mostly original condition

518494 was the last 88DS to be built by the firm

where it was part of a fleet of 88DS utilised by the Boilermakers

steps fitted to all corners

262997/1949 - West Midlands Joint Electricity Authority No. 1 - Ruston Works' Green - DCC Sound Fitted Livery_BR Lined Green (late) flicker free lighting and continuousRuston 262997 was built new for the West Midlands Joint Electricity Authority, leaving Boultham Works on 27 January 1949 for the Birchills Power Station in Walsall. Birchills came under the control of the WMJEA in 1925 and in 1944 it was decided that a new Station, Birchills B, should be constructed. The new power station, called 'Walsall B', officially opened on 30th September, 1949, and 262997 was responsible for shunting at the new Power Station,