Ex-British Railways, Class 04, locomotive, No.D2238, built by the Vulcan Foundry Limited, Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire, in 1955, is seen here, at Manvers Main Colliery and Coal Preparation Plant, Wath-on-Dearne, on 19/03/1971.
Class 04, locomotive, No.D2238, was built by the Vulcan Foundry Limited, Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire, to Works No.D288, in 1955, and sold through the Drewry Car Company Limited, Cheapside, London, to Works No.2562, in 1955, as British Railways Class 04, and delivered new, to British Railways, Peterborough New England M.P.D., (Shed No.35A), as British Railways No.11157, on 10/05/1956. The locomotive was transferred, from Peterborough New England M.P.D., (Shed No.35A), to Spital Bridge M.P.D., (Shed No.35C), on 08/01/1958, and from there, to March M.P.D., (Shed No.31B), on 06/02/1960, and from there, to Hereford M.P.D., (Shed No.86C), on 24/08/1964, and from there, to Worcester M.P.D., (Shed No.85A), on 29/11/1964, and from there, to Birkenhead Mollington Street M.P.D., (Shed No.8H), on 17/09/1966, and here, the locomotive would remain, until withdrawn from service, on 27/07/1968. The locomotive was renumbered, as No.D2238, on 10/03/1962, by British Railways. Following withdrawal from service, by British Railways, the locomotive was purchased, by the National Coal Board, and it was transferred, to Manvers Main Colliery and Coal Preparation Plant, in November 1968, where it initially acquired the name, “Tom”. The locomotive was subsequently transferred, to the Manvers Coking Plant, sometime around 1975, where it seems to have acquired the name “No.17 Carol”. It is recorded that the locomotive was scrapped, on-site at the Manvers Coking Plant, by Ernest Northcliffe and Son Ltd, Parkgate, Rotherham, in November 1982.
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