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16 hours ago, DJ Dangerous said:

The Heljan Ruston is based on the RH 165DE Class 0-6-0s diesel electric locos supplied to BR Western Region permanent way dept.

The Tuam loco was a standard RH 165DH a diesel hydraulic 0-4-0 supplied to CSE.

The RH 165 DE & DH were manufactured in 0-4-0 & 0-6-0 format

The main spotting difference between the DH & DE versions was the coupling rods were driven by a jackshaft arrangement (behind the cab steps) on the diesel hydraulics.

The Heljan loco has the raked cab front fitted to later later versions of both DH & DE locos.

No3 Ruston

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165 DS along side GSWR NO.90

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I couldn’t find the photo of the 88ds in CSE livery but I did find one of the 165, or near enough to it. It almost looks like it’s Been restored. To be fair not sure if CSE used wasp striped and the green looks slightly too dark. But you get the idea of the livery. Also missing is the CSE logo. Possibly in the centre of the back of the cab where it looks like a whole plaque was ripped off!

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