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New Photos : Ex WD Austerity & S160 locomotives

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  1. neildimmer

    neildimmer Resident of Nat Pres

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    I have added 5 new photos to the collection of WD Austerity 2-8-0 most of the photos are ex works photos.
    Including this
    77037 (later BR 90133) Brighton c1947
    https://railway-photography.smugmug...-280/WD-2-8-0-Still-with-WD-numbers/i-B9G8nGj

    also an example fitted with what looks like a ex GCR tender
    7071 (Later BR 90540) at Springhead during WW2 1st January 1944
    https://railway-photography.smugmug...-280/WD-2-8-0-Still-with-WD-numbers/i-W7QqtCd

    New photos start here with
    77129 (Later 90584) Sowerby Bridge 29th May 1950
    https://railway-photography.smugmug...-280/WD-2-8-0-Still-with-WD-numbers/i-rC8C4H4

    Neil
     
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    huochemi Part of the furniture

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    7071's tender is an NER tender, as used e.g. on a Q5 or Q6.
     
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  3. neildimmer

    neildimmer Resident of Nat Pres

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    Thanks
     
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  4. neildimmer

    neildimmer Resident of Nat Pres

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    I have added 43 new photos to a very large collection (485 photos now) of the WD Austerity 2-8-0 in the BR era
    Locations all over the UK, Here a few highlights
    This is now the Metrolink tram location at Crumpsall
    90205 at Crumpsall station (now a Manchester Metrolink tram stop) 10th October 1962
    https://railway-photography.smugmug...sterity/WD-Austerity-280/9000090200/i-txZdjdf
    https://railway-photography.smugmug...sterity/WD-Austerity-280/9000090200/i-BzhH9Sq

    90157 on the closed Tebay to Kirby Stephen line at Ravenstonedale
    https://railway-photography.smugmug...sterity/WD-Austerity-280/9000090200/i-Hr2GWfp

    90671 on the 5.55pm Diggle to to Uppermill goods train 5th June 1958
    https://railway-photography.smugmug...sterity/WD-Austerity-280/9000090200/i-7JQZsqc
    90413 Diggle 26th April 1958
    https://railway-photography.smugmug...sterity/WD-Austerity-280/9000090200/i-F7vfBmn

    A Clean Austerity!!
    90573 ex works at Stockport Edgeley shed 16th April 1961
    https://railway-photography.smugmug...sterity/WD-Austerity-280/9000090200/i-3PGcLKb

    The 43 new photos start here with
    90098 in the Leeds area
    https://railway-photography.smugmug...sterity/WD-Austerity-280/9000090200/i-3RPhrqn

    Neil
     
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    neildimmer Resident of Nat Pres

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    The War Department (WD) "Austerity" 2-10-0 is a type of heavy freight steam locomotive that was introduced during the Second World War in 1943.
    The Austerity 2-10-0 was based on Robert Riddles' Austerity 2-8-0, and was designed to have interchangeable parts. It had the same power output as the 2-8-0 but a lighter axle load, making it suitable for secondary lines.Design
    It had a parallel boiler and round-topped firebox. While the 2-8-0 had a narrow firebox, the 2-10-0 had a wide firebox placed above the driving wheels. This was common in the United States (e.g. the USRA 0-8-0) but unusual in Britain, where wide fireboxes usually required trailing wheels, as with 4-4-2 and 4-6-2 types. These were the first 2-10-0 locomotives used in Great Britain, and the first major class of ten-coupled engines — they had been preceded by two 0-10-0 locomotives; the Great Eastern Railway's Decapod and the Midland Railway's Lickey Banker. Riddles later used the 2-10-0 wheel arrangement for the BR Standard Class 9F. This too had a wide firebox placed above the driving wheels.
    Built for wartime service at home and abroad. After the war, the British Railways (BR) bought twenty-five locomotives. These were initially numbered 73774-73798 but later re-numbered 90750–74. They were mostly operated by BR's Scottish Region on heavy freight trains and were all withdrawn between 1961 and 1962.
    As seen here they did make appearances on passenger trains
    907xx (early 1950s) passing Corkerhill 2-10-0
    https://railway-photography.smugmug.../WD-Austerity-2100/WD-2100-Pre-1968/i-tV3RvP7

    Just 3 photos of the locos with there WD numbers
    https://railway-photography.smugmug.../WD-Austerity-2100/WD-2100-Pre-1968/i-DW9JNvz

    Photos in the BR era,Now renumbered in the 90750–74 range
    a couple of photos of ex works condition locos
    90763 at Eastfield in 1950
    https://railway-photography.smugmug.../WD-Austerity-2100/WD-2100-Pre-1968/i-KL9Qgvf

    90766 unknown location
    https://railway-photography.smugmug.../WD-Austerity-2100/WD-2100-Pre-1968/i-KVXvfqJ

    Full collection starts here with
    90753 at Cowlairs in 1961
    https://railway-photography.smugmug.../WD-Austerity-2100/WD-2100-Pre-1968/i-Bwbzggq

    Neil
     
    neildimmer, Mar 25, 2026 at 9:54 AM
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    Fred Kerr Resident of Nat Pres Friend

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    10/32 = Dunfermline [copy of 9/32]
    31 ? 32 = Eastfield heading east ?
     
    Fred Kerr, Mar 25, 2026 at 5:42 PM
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