19850223_ZD_AdrianNicols

0-4-0DE 'Rutherford' (RH 412710/1957) at Lostock Soda Ash Works.
Ruston type 165DE 0-4-0DE named 'Rutherford' (RH 412720/1957) is seen with an ex BR HTO hopper now and internal user wagons loaded with hot rocks outside the old limestone discharge shed on the south side of Lostock Works. The plant was run by Brunner Mond Ltd when this photo was taken in 1994 and unlike its larger neighbour Winnington Works west of Northwich the factory here is still operational and is now owned by Tata Chemicals Europe Ltd. They produce soda ash for further processing and use in pharmaceuticals, food and detergents. In 1994 the location still supported 3 operational shunters of the same type but nowadays block trains of limestone from Tunstead Quarry in Derbyshire are shunted by mainline engines arriving with the train.

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