WD/BR Austerity 2-8-0
WD/BR Austerity 2-8-0
Designed by Riddles and introduced in 1943 these locomotives were a simplified development of the LMS 8F being easier to produce and maintain under war conditions. Many of these locomotives were shipped abroad seeing service in Europe.
200 locomotives were sold to the LNER in 1947 becoming class O7 and a further 533 on loan to the Railway Executive came into BR stock in 1948.
The locomotives had Westinghouse air pumps fitted for service abroad, but these were removed soon after adoption by the LNER and BR.
One of the locomotives that worked in the Netherlands was sold on to Swedish State Railways and then was shipped back to the UK and now bears the number 90733.
The locomotives were used mainly on mineral trains and could be found scattered from the South Wales Valleys to East Anglia and from London to Aberdeen.
Only few of the total were ever allocated to the Southern Region but by 1951 they had all moved North.
BR Number series 90000-90732*
Last Locomotive withdrawn1967.
*None of the BR batch have been preserved but see short history above regarding 90733.
The WD Austerity sounds are generic as there are none in preservation.
The sounds are enhanced with archived sounds.
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