262997/1949 - West Midlands Joint Electricity Authority No. 1 - Ruston Works' Green HTO/HTV Hopper The decoder masters the automatic

The decoder masters the automatic pressing and detaching when uncoupling for ROCO®

With up to 1

full UIC numbering began to be featured on the vehicle sides

with 1100 workers losing their jobs

1 end also featured various sockets for connecting to the test coaches

262997/1949 - West Midlands Joint Electricity Authority No. 1 - Ruston Works' Green HTO/HTV Hopper The decoder masters the automaticRuston 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,