BR ex-WD Austerity 2-10-0
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The British Railways ex-WD Austerity 2-10-0 Class was a class of 25 2-10-0 steam locomotives of the WD Austerity 2-10-0 type purchased in 1948 from the War Department.
Ex-WD 2-10-0 leaving Grangemouth in 1957
BR ex-WD Austerity 2-8-0
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The British Railways ex-WD Austerity 2-8-0 was a class of 733 2-8-0 steam locomotives designed for heavy freight. These locomotives of the WD Austerity 2-8-0 type had been constructed by the War Depar
BR ex-WD Austerity 2-10-0
…between 1957 and 1959. Both 90773 and 90774 were named North British after the North British Locomotive Company which built them (the last of the BR ex-WD Austerity 2-8-0s No. 90732 was similarly named Vulcan after the Vulcan Foundry). As one of 49 LNER Peppercorn Class A1s, No. 60161, was also named North British, BR had…
90474 at Woodford Halse, 1964
Preserved Austerity in British Railways livery and carrying a BR series number, was actually never a BR engine.