![]() The Friden works railway declined during the 1970s and ceased altogether in 1979. ![]() However, it spent the vast majority of its time at DSF Friden moving skip wagons loaded with raw materials. The loco was briefly loaned to another DSF site at Wessington, near Crich during the latter part of 1956 and early 1957. The current cycle track passes the works which is still in production. Friden works is at Hartington, between Ashbourne and Buxton, and adjoins the Cromford & High Peak Railway. Between 19, the loco was sold to the Derbyshire Silica Firebrick (DSF) Company at the Friden works in the Peak District where it worked alongside Ruston & Hornsby 191658 of 1938 (MRT fleet No. ![]() The company changed its name to the Steel Company of Wales in 1947. Limestone is an important flux used in steelmaking, and the quarries supplied the huge works at Margam and East Moors. This loco was supplied new to Guest, Keen & Baldwin Iron & Steel Company for use at their Pantmawr limestone quarries, South Connelly, being delivered on 7/5/46.
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