Hunslet Austerity 0-6-0ST

what is it?

The Hunslet Austerity 0-6-0ST is a class of steam locomotive designed by Hunslet Engine Company for shunting. The class became the standard British shunting locomotive during the Second World War, and production continued until 1964 at various locomotive manufacturers.

who runs it

Nederlandse SpoorwegenLondon and North Eastern RailwayWDWar DepartmentNational Coal Board

base stats

• weight 48.8 tin working order
• built 485made in total

Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.

fun facts

• 🎂First built 83 years ago, in 1943.
• 🐘Weighs about as much as 8 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 📏9.1 m long: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.

steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.

spec sheet

built

1943–1964

retired

1984

status

preserved

number built

485

kind

Steam

traction

steam

origin

🇳🇱 Netherlands

builders

Hunslet Engine Company, Andrew Barclay Sons & Co., W. G. Bagnall Ltd., Hudswell, Clarke and Company Limited, Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns, Vulcan Foundry

designer

Hunslet Engine Company

operators

Nederlandse Spoorwegen, London and North Eastern Railway, War Department, National Coal Board

top speed

—

power

—

gauge

1,435 mm standard gauge

wheel arrangement

0-6-0

length

9.1 m

weight

48.8 t

nicknames

Austerity

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.

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