LMS diesel shunter 7054 was initially allocated the number 7404 but this number was never carried. It was supplied by the

Hunslet Engine Company The Hunslet Engine Company is a locomotive-building company, founded in 1864 in Hunslet, England. It manufactured steam locomotives for over 100 years and currently manufactures diesel shunting locomotives. The company is part of Ed Murray & So ...

in 1934. Testing started in October 1934 and it was taken into LMS stock in November 1934.

War Department use

The locomotive was loaned to the

War Department War Department may refer to: * War Department (United Kingdom) * United States Department of War (1789–1947) See also * War Office, a former department of the British Government * Ministry of defence * Ministry of War * Ministry of Defence * D ...

for various periods of time during 1939–1942, which numbered it 26. It was withdrawn from LMS stock in May 1943 and sold to the War Department, which then numbered it 225 (70225 from 1944).

Post-war use

In 1947, it was sold to Hunslet, where it was stored for seven years before being hired to the

National Coal Board The National Coal Board (NCB) was the statutory corporation created to run the nationalised coal mining industry in the United Kingdom. Set up under the Coal Industry Nationalisation Act 1946, it took over the United Kingdom's collieries on "ve ...

. The NCB later bought the locomotive and had it rebuilt with a Rolls-Royce C6NFL engine by Hunslet in 1960–61. It worked at a number of collieries for the NCB, but was finally withdrawn and scrapped in 1974.

References

* {{LMS Locomotives 7054 Diesel shunter 7054 War Department locomotives Hunslet locomotives C locomotives Railway locomotives introduced in 1934 Standard gauge locomotives of Great Britain Scrapped locomotives