518494/1967 - Tarmac Roadstone No. 655/29/38 - Tarmac Yellow Olive - DCC Sound FittedRuston Works No. 518494 was the last 88DS to be built by the firm, leaving Boultham Works on November 29th 1967 bound for Tarmac Roadstone Holdings Ltds Southern Division Plant at Hayes, where it was allocated the number 655 29 38 and painted into Tarmacs in house livery of Olive, with the Tarmac legend and Seven Ts logo being added. There, it joined a 4wDM Hibberd Planet, FH3765, which had been at the site since 1956.

a feature removed from the final I89 order which were fitted with elliptical wooden cab roofs

‘Bowling Ball’ set numbers on the front of the DMSO and DRBFO briefly replaced individual vehicle numbering

the locomotive spent its entire lifetime at Reading

Ruston 338413 was built new for the National Coal Board

Marker lights can be turned off when train is coupled to loco

Fully compatible with Scalefour Society Standards

Number : D9018

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where Birchills became part of the Midlands Region of the Central Electricity Generating Board

1990 - 2000s

Direct Rail Services blue with original logos

While in late 2007