WD Austerity 2-8-0
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The War Department "Austerity" 2-8-0 is a type of heavy freight steam locomotive that was introduced in 1943 for war service. A total of 935 were built, making this one of the most-produced classes of
90733 at Oxenhope, August 2015
77509 being unloaded at Hong Kong (1947)
90323 fresh out of Swindon Works (1954)
90074 at West Hartlepool shed north-east of England (1967)
USATC S160 Class
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The United States Army Transportation Corps S160 Class is a class of 2-8-0 "Consolidation" type steam locomotives, designed for heavy freight work in Europe during World War II. A total of 2,120 were
WD Austerity 2-8-0
…Europe, mostly working in and around the Netherlands for Nederlandse Spoorwegen. Finally, one went to the USATC (WD no. 79189) in an exchange for an USATC S160 Class locomotive in the postwar exchange of WD and USATC locomotives. Two locomotives continued to be held in WD stock, seeing service on the Longmoor Military…
Lima Locomotive Works builder portrait of USATC number 5740
S160 drawing.
MÁV 411.061 on the Budapest to Szob line at Zebegény in 1971
Loco 6046 at Didcot