LMS diesel shunter 7057, later to become NCC Class 22, was built by

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. Testing started in July 1934 and the locomotive was taken into

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stock in February 1935. It was loaned to the

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between 1941-1943, which numbered it 233. It was withdrawn from LMS stock in January 1944 and sold back to Harland & Wolff, which rebuilt it with a new 225 hp (168 kW) engine and converted it to the gauge. It was then sold to the

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, which numbered it 22. It was finally withdrawn in April 1965 and scrapped at the close of that year.

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