Thomas Hill Vangard

**Thomas Hill (Rotherham) Limited** was a company which repaired and sold steam road vehicles, diesel and electric road vehicles and railway locomotives. It later made its name building and rebuilding diesel locomotives.

## Diesel Shunter

Thomas Hill Vangard made countless shunters for many industrial companies. For Example:

* **Allerton Bywater Colliery** (W/No. 248V of 1974, W/No. 249V of 1974)
* **ARC** (W/No. 164V of 1966 [4wDH], W/No. 200V of 1968 [4 wheeled])
* **Associated Portland Cement Manufactures Ltd.** (W/No. 173V of 1966 [4wDH], W/No. 213V of 1969 [4wDH])
* **Avenue Carbonisation** (W/No. 199V of 1968 [4wDH])
* **Bardon Aggregates** (W/No. 257V of 1975, *01 562* [4wDH])
* **Barrington Cement Works & Quarry** (W/No. 186V of 1967 [4wDH])
* **Blackburn Meadows sewage works** (W/No. 265V)
* **Creative Solutions** (W/No.167V of 1966, *01 552* [0-6-0DH])
* **Ely Rail Freight Terminal** (W/No. 150C of 1965)
* **Gedling Colliery** (W/No. 176V of 1966, W/No. 182V of 1967)
* **Hope Cement Works** (W/No. 316V [6wDH])
* **Imerys, Bugle** (W/No. 261V of 1976, *01 571* [4wDH])
* **London Underground** (W/No. 10271 of 1967 [0-6-0], W/No. 10272 of 1968 [0-6-0], W/No. 10278 of 1968 [0-6-0])
* **MoD Bicester** (W/No. 271V of 1977 [4wDH], W/No. V319 of 1987, *01 512* [4wDH], W/No. V324 of 1987, *01 550* [4wDH], W/No. V333 of 1988, *01 521* [4wDH])
* **MoD Kineton** (307V of 1938, *01 526* [4wDH], W/No. 307V of 1983, *01 528* [4wDH], V318 of 1987, *01 513* [4wDH])
* **MoD Long Marston** (W/No. 167V, 01 552 [0-6-0DH], W/No. 237V [0-6-0DH])
* **MoD Longtown** (W/No. V320 of 1987, *01 510* [4wDH], W/No. V323 of 1988, *01 511* [4wDH], W/No. V332 of 1988, *01 514* [4wDH])
* **MoD Lugershall** ( W/No. 275V of 1978, *01 548* [4wDH]*,* W/No. 301V of 1982, *01 524* [4wDH])
* **MoD Marchwood** (W/No. 270V of 1977, *01 544**,* W/No. 272V of 1977, *01 522* [4wDH], W/No. 273V of 1977 [4 wheeled], W/No. 274V of 1977, *01 527* [4wDH], W/No. 298V of 1981, *01 549* [4wDH], W/No. 299V of 1981, *01 523* [4wDH]), W/No. 300V of 1982, *01 541* [4wDH], W/No. 302V of 1984, *01 542* [4wDH], W/No. 303V of 1982, *01 543* [4wDH], W/No. 310V of 1984 [4 wheeled])
* **MoD Shoeburyness** (W/No. 306V of 1983, *01 525* [4wDH])
* **Harry Needle Railroad Company** (W/No. 167V of 1966, *01 552* [0-6-0DH], W/No. 270V of 1977, *01 544* [4wDH], W/No. 271V of 1977, *01 545* [4wDH], W/No. 307V of 1983, *01 516* [4wDH]*,* W/No. 308V of 1983, *01 547*[4wDH]***,*** W/No. 310V of 1984, *01 529* [4wDH], W/No. 311V of 1984, *01 530* [4wDH], W/No. V321 of 1987, *01 515* [4wDH],W/No. V322 of 1987, *01 520* [4wDH])
* **Newmarket Colliery** (W/No. 154C of 1965)
* **North Stella Power Station** (W/No. 9597 of 1955 [4 wheeled])
* **Plymstock Cement Works** (W/No. 125V  of 1963 [4 wheeled])
* **Rawdon Colliery** (W/No. 126C of 1963 [4wDH])
* **ROF Birtley** (W/No. 130C of 1963 [0-4-0])
* **Rugby Cement Halling** (W/No. 186V of 1967 [4wDH])
* **Shell, Stanlow** (W/No. 160V of 1966 [0-4-0])
* **Sutton Colliery** (W/No. 191V of 1968
* **T J Thomson** (W/No. 264V of 1976, *01 568* [4wDH], W/No. 276V of 1977, *01 567* [4wDH], W/No. 292V of 1980, *01 555* [4wDH])

## Preservation

Some examples of THV shunters have been preserved. For example:

* **East Kent Railway** (W/No. 273V of 1977, *01 546* [4wDH])

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Industrial Railway Locomotive Sheds, A Pictorial Selection, Adrian Booth, ISBN 978-1-901556-81-0
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 http://picssr.com/photos/142340440@N04/interesting/page3?nsid=142340440@N04
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 http://picssr.com/photos/142340440@N04/interesting/page2?nsid=142340440@N04
4. ↑ http://picssr.com/photos/142340440@N04/interesting/page3?nsid=142340440@N04
5. ↑ http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/28530-industrial-locomotives-in-the-late-80s-to-mid-90s/
6. ↑ https://allanjenks.smugmug.com/Trains/Industrial-Shunters2/i-GcDZ5Wt/A
7. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Shunting\_at\_Wansford\_-\_geograph.org.uk\_-\_917519.jpg
8. ↑ https://allanjenks.smugmug.com/Trains/Industrial-Shunters2/i-369XgcN/A
9. ↑ https://allanjenks.smugmug.com/Trains/Industrial-Shunters2/i-X3Hknpf/A
10. ↑ https://allanjenks.smugmug.com/Trains/Industrial-Shunters2/i-jvwcxpj/A
11. ↑ https://allanjenks.smugmug.com/Trains/Industrial-Shunters2/i-bqQhN6T/A
12. ↑ https://allanjenks.smugmug.com/Trains/Industrial-Shunters2/i-fsk4jT2/A
13. ↑ https://allanjenks.smugmug.com/Trains/Industrial-Shunters2/i-pPcrWJ2/A