The War Department "Austerity" 2-10-0 is a type of heavy freight steam locomotive that was introduced during the Second World War in 1943.
90775 on the North Norfolk Railway
WD 2-10-0 73755 Longmoor at Utrecht
BR Scottish Region WD 2-10-0 90768 at Motherwell motive power depot in 1958
WD 2-10-0 WD 601 "Kitchener" at Carlisle Kingmoor BR shed in 1958. Note air pumps, headlight and nameplate
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.
WD Austerity 2-10-0
…73677 and 73682 have both worked on the national network in Greece, but neither are presently operational. BR ex-WD Austerity 2-10-0 - locomotives taken into LNER/BR ownership WD Austerity 2-8-0 - locomotives of similar design…
Ex-WD 2-10-0 leaving Grangemouth in 1957