Ruston & Hornsby 33/40HP diesel locomotive 200744, powered by 3VRO engine 201931 was delivered to Bessacarr Gravel, Doncaster, South Yorkshireon 27 July 1940. The loco spentmost of its commecrial life at Bessacarr hauling skips full of gravel around the site.

In 1972 200744 was aquired by John MacDougall and moved to the Long Eation Railway Society site, in West Park Long Eaton. Herea group of enthusiasts had built a 400 yard long 2ft gauge line to run their rescued equipment.

The West Park Railway (or Wilsthorpe Light Railway) was built and run by a group of enthusiasts as an off-shoot of the Long Eaton and District Model Railway Club around 1964. It was built as a nominal 2ft gauge line and extended for a length of about 400 yards on West Park, Long Eaton, by agreement of the (then) Long Eaton Urban District Council.

Funding was through an ingenious scheme whereby residents of Long Eaton were invited to subscribe 5/- (25p) in advance of the scheme, being given a transferable voucher giving entitlement to five free journeys when the railway was opened.

Original motive power was a Ruston diesel locopurchased from British Gypsum who had previously used it on the narrow gauge industrial system in one of their mines near Gotham, Notts.

Original rolling stock consisted of two open "Manriders" long wheelbase four-wheeler steel-frame vehicles withfour compartments, each seating fouron wooden latted seats. These were purchased from the National Coal Board at Morton colliery near Chesterfield, Derbys.

Rails were bought second hand from British Rail H-Stores, on the site of Railway Technical Centre and also from a scrapyard at Loughborough.

Sleepers and ballast were bought second hand from British Rail, the sleepers being cut in two.

Ticketing was by proper "Edmondson" card type tickets (printed by Hassell & Lucking of Long Eaton) using a second hand dating press and ticket racks bought from British Rail in a sale of surplus materials.

200744 was moved to Bala Lake Railway in 1977, with all the other equipment, following closure of the LELR. This equipment and the people formed the Llanuwchllyn Railway Museum Association, and the majority of the people also joined the Bala Lake Railway Society.

Some restoration was carried out by John MacDougall including reburbishment of the wheels, which were worn out, and the fitting of the cab from Talyllyn Railway No 5 'Midlander'.

Sometime later John MacDougall sold 200744 to Bala Lake Railway Society memberFrancis Stapleton and it was Francis who named the loco 'Indian Runner'. The name was to have been fitted to a locomotive at Dinorwic Slate Quarry. Patterns were made, but the nameplates never cast.

'Indian Runner' was a favourite amongst the Museum Association locos and used regularly during the late 1970's and throughout the 1980's for shunting, small works trains and at Society organised Gala's.

In March 2004 'Indian Runner'the loco was donated to the Narrow Gauge Railway Museum Trust, Towynand given the Acession No RUS001. On 3 April 2004, it was moved from Llanuwchllyn to North Ings Farm Museum at Dorrington near Sleaford where itjoined the Trust's Simplex loco 'Penelope'.