Bilston steelworks, 1978
11 photos of industrial diesels at the steelworks one year before they closed.
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Bilston Iron & Steel Works No 9 Andrew, Bilston, Tues 28 February 1978. The Yorkshire Engine Co 0-4-0DE (2796 / 1960) pulls a train of empty moulds from the lower level of the Siemens furnace. Photo by Les Tindall.
![Bilston Iron & Steel Works [No 8] James, Bilston, Tues 28 February 1978. The Ruston & Hornsby 0-4-0DE (431763 / 1959) emerges from the Siemens furnace building. In 2015 this loco was on the Keighley & Worth Valley Rly, still named James. Photo by Les Tindall.](https://photos.smugmug.com/LesTindalls1970sBritishtrains/Bilston-steelworks-1978/i-Z3NHHwx/0/01e5c4e0/Ti/1978-02-28_5923nc11iw-Ti.jpg)
![Bilston Iron & Steel Works [No 8] James, Ingow, Fri 10 February 2012. The Ruston & Hornsby 0-4-0DE is now owned by the Bahamas Loco Soc.](https://photos.smugmug.com/LesTindalls1970sBritishtrains/Bilston-steelworks-1978/i-NnRZwmr/0/d8b5dc70/Ti/2012-02-10_0159nc5iw-Ti.jpg)