262997/1949 - West Midlands Joint Electricity Authority No. 1 - Ruston Works' Green ERA_Departmental however their use extended beyond

however their use extended beyond just the capital

with black ironwork - Triple Pack

repaints into the new blue scheme were not uncommon before 1970 and a not insignificant number gained double arrows and Rail alphabet numbers on all four cabsides

Introduced in 1961

110 profile wheelsets with 14

262997/1949 - West Midlands Joint Electricity Authority No. 1 - Ruston Works' Green ERA_Departmental however their use extended beyondRuston 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,