Description:A Yorkshire diesel shunting engine pulling a BIS (British Industrial Sand) 'Sand Train' pictured on its last day of operation on the Churnet Valley line in August 1988. Sand was carried from Hepworth's sand quarry at Oakamoor to St Helens, Merseyside for Pilkington glass.
The Yorkshire Engine Co. of Sheffield made diesel locomotives between 1950 and 1965.