A redundant locomotive at Sellafield in Cumbria has been sold to Brodie Engineering in Kilmarnock.

The plan for the locomotive is to be used at the works as a shunting locomotive.

The Government says that they need to dispose of older locomotives sustainably as they move to more electric locomotives.

This includes recent donations of locomotives to the Chasewater Railway and Eden Valley Railway in the past 2 years.

This sale sees the locomotive return to the works where it was overhauled for use at Sellafield, nearly 30 years ago!

Gareth Earle-Payne, engineering director at Brodie Engineering, said: We are pleased to welcome back what we believe was one of the last locomotives to be rebuilt at our Caledonia Works site. Following condition assessment and refurbishment, we hope to return it to service to support the ongoing work on our site.