262997/1949 - West Midlands Joint Electricity Authority No. 1 - Ruston Works' Green ERA_Departmental HYA 371026

HYA 371026

factory-fitted pipework and screw couplings (for display)

with black ironwork - Triple Pack

HYA 371050

nose-mounted antenna

262997/1949 - West Midlands Joint Electricity Authority No. 1 - Ruston Works' Green ERA_Departmental HYA 371026Ruston 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,