4wBE Vollert shunters at Winnington Soda Ash Works Power Station.
At the time this was taken these two standard gauge 4wBE shunters numbered Winnington No.1 and No.2 were the only locomotives built by Hermann Vollert KG working in the UK. They were imported by ICI Mond Ltd having been constructed at the Vollert companies Weinsberg factory in West Germany. Unusually both locomotives carried the same works number which was 79/79 of 1979. They are seen here in the power station battery charging shed. They worked exclusively at the Winnington B power station slack tippler and survived into Brunner Mond ownership but were cut up on site in 2004.
4wBE Vollert shunters at Winnington Soda Ash Works Power Station.
At the time this was taken these two standard gauge 4wBE shunters numbered Winnington No.1 and No.2 were the only locomotives built by Hermann Vollert KG working in the UK. They were imported by ICI Mond Ltd having been constructed at the Vollert companies Weinsberg factory in West Germany. Unusually both locomotives carried the same works number which was 79/79 of 1979. They are seen here in the power station battery charging shed. They worked exclusively at the Winnington B power station slack tippler and survived into Brunner Mond ownership but were cut up on site in 2004.