Ruston 165 No.281266 Appeal By LMM

Daylight25 · **Joined:** Wed Mar 23, 2022 11:00 pm **Posts:** 187

Lawrie from "Lawrie's Mechanical Marvels" has launched an appeal for 6,000 British Pounds to save the aforementioned subject for this post from scrap

Link to the video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVf4ujaApZ0

Alexander D. Mitchell IV · **Posted:** Mon May 27, 2024 7:33 pm

Fully funded in an hour, as per comments to the video.

PMC · **Joined:** Sat Oct 17, 2015 5:55 pm **Posts:** 2873

Only £6k for purchase, transport, and to fix the cab floor, too?

psa188 · **Posted:** Tue May 28, 2024 9:37 pm

Daylight25 wrote:

Link to the video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVf4ujaApZ0

So, looking at the video, it appears to me that Lawrie is a specialist with Ruston products. I've never heard of Ruston products, but I'm guessing they manufacture(d) critters. Anyone have more info?

Overmod · **Joined:** Thu May 24, 2012 1:37 pm **Posts:** 2492

Ruston & Hornsby was formed by merger just before the end of WWI; somewhat reminiscent of Lima-Hamilton and then Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton, the idea was to combine Hornsby's distinctive competence in what they called 'heavy-oil engines' (starting eight years before the Diesel engine) with Ruston's expertise in construction equipment, including small locomotives.