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6wDH 'Colossus' (TH 296V/1981) at Longbridge Car Plant. 10/12/94.
Thomas Hill built Steelman class locomotive wks no.296V/1981 is seen on the branch through the Rover Group car works at Longbridge. This alignment was once part of the Halesowen joint line through to Old Hill which closed in 1964. The section between Halesowen Junction on the mainline and Longbridge Works being retained as a freight only branch to serve the car plant until April 2005 when Rover Group went into administration and the works closed., 6wDH (TH 296V/1981) named 'Colossus' was new to the ICI Agricultural Division and worked at their Billingham Works on Teesside originally. It is seen still in ICI livery but by this date was a hire locomotive belonging to Wilmot Bros Ltd of Ilkeston, Derbyshire. In the background can be seen one of British Leyland's (later Rover Group) own locomotives. 4wDH 'Longbridge' (TH 276V/1978) was new to British Leyland in 1978 and had originally worked at the nearby Crofton Hackett factory until moving here.
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