D2178
A. R. Adams & Sons, Newport - Ex BR Shunters
Delivered direct to Aberaman Colliery Washery, January 1970. Soon after moving to Wiggins Teape, Ely, Cardiff. When noted there in August 1970 it had acquired light-mid green livery with mainly white handrails suggesting it had visited A. R. Adams & Son Old Dock Works, Newport by then.
It seems that although often recorded as built in 1962, the year it first saw service, a 1961 builders plate was carried. This may be a factor in it not always being correctly identfied. For many years it also retained an 84A shed plate. D2186 was painted into an identical livery in 1972 but carried a 1962 builders plate. It is though possible that sightings for these two between 1971 and 1974 might have inadvertently been wrongly reported if a deailed examination hadn't been possible.
In 1974 it was sold to the operators of NSF Coed Ely Coking Plant, Tonyrefail.
| Locomotive | Date | Location | Observer |
| D2178 | 24 February 1970 | Moved from NCB Aberaman Colliery Washery to Wiggins Teape, Ely, Cardiff | IRS ref 70-5028 |
| D2178 | 20 August 1970 | Wiggins Teape, Ely, Cardiff | Mike Kennard |
| D2178 | 10 April 1971 | Wiggins Teape, Ely, Cardiff | IRS ref 71-175 |
| D2178 | 11 April 1971 | Wiggins Teape, Ely, Cardiff | IRS ref 71-5035 |
| D2178 | 28 April 1971 | Wiggins Teape, Ely, Cardiff | IRS ref 71-219 |
| D2178 | 23 August 1971 | Wiggins Teape, Ely, Cardiff | Vic Burling |
| D2178 | 18 July 1972 | NCBOE Gwaun-ca-Gurwen Disposal Point | Ivor Thomas |
| D2178 | 21 July 1972 | left NCBOE Gwaun-ca-Gurwen Disposal Point | ? |
| D2178 | 28 July 1972 | Cardiff General Station (passing through) | Brian Rolley |
| D2178 (+D2139) | 18 June 1974 | NSF Coed Ely Coking Plant, Tonyrefail | Ivor Thomas |
| D2178 (+D2139) | 20 April 1975 | NSF Coed Ely Coking Plant, Tonyrefail | Ivor Thomas |
| D2178 (+D2139) | 23 August 1975 | NSF Coed Ely Coking Plant, Tonyrefail | IRS ref 75/0505 |
| D2178 | 30 October 1979 | BREL Swindon Works | IRS ref 79-6502A |
| D2178 (+D2139) | 13 March 1983 | NSF Coed Ely Coking Plant, Tonyrefail | Peter Hall |
Further sightings of this locomotive whilst with Adams and subsequently would be welcomed by Peter Hall
This page is maintained by Peter Hall.