M.C.Metals yard shunting loco, formely Class 20 - 20189, is pictured at rest after shunting Class 101 2-car DMU 101652 (53198+54346) into the cutting dock at M.C.Metals,Glasgow on Thu 29-Jan-98 at 13:56.
Originally sold to M.C.Metals for scrap, this loco would almost certainly ended up as scrap had it not become apparent at the time that M.C.Metals required a larger locomotive capable of shunting around the yard the large volume of stock & heavier locomotives (such the class 45's) that were arriving quite regular, a job which the previous small shunting loco could'nt cope with. So to overcome the problem, it was decided to look over all the Class 20's that were currently in the yard for breaking for the one that was repairable and in the best overall condition, and then return it to service as the yard shunter by using parts & equipment taken from others. The honour of this befell 20189, but ultimately seen it shunt many of it's classmembers to their fate.

Photo and Scan: Ross Aitken (aos@cableinet.co.uk).