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WD Austerity 2-10-0

🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by North British Locomotive Company· from 1943· class of 150 British-built wartime 2-10-0 locomotives

10 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences

1. Longmoor Military Railway Gordon Severn Valley Railway: Tony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK· CC BY 2.0
2. NS 5000: 151460 / collectie Het Utrechts Archief· CC0
3. Lavender Line, Sussex 1986 - 44641728774: Dick Gilbert· CC BY 2.0
4. Trains planes and buses 34: foundin_a_attic· CC BY 2.0
5. Trains planes and buses 65: foundin_a_attic· CC BY 2.0
6. WD 2-10-0 3672 'Dame Vera Lynn' North British 25458 (1943) Pickering, NYMR, August 1993 Scans801 (10533352594): Gillett's Crossing from Bristol, United Kingdom· CC BY 2.0
7. 600 - Highley Museum, Severn Valley Railway: hugh llewelyn· CC BY-SA 4.0
8. 600 Gordon Mid Hants railway: Les Chatfield from Brighton, England· CC BY 2.0
9. 600 GORDON Severn Valley Railway (1): David Ingham from Bury, Lancashire, England· CC BY-SA 2.0
10. 600 Gordon Severn Valley Railway: Les Chatfield from Brighton, England· CC BY 2.0

what is it?

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.

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.

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

built: 1943–1945
status: preserved
number built: 150
kind: Steam
traction: steam
origin: 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
builders: North British Locomotive Company
designer: R. A. Riddles
operators: War Department, Nederlandse Spoorwegen, British Rail, Hellenic State Railways, Syrian Railways
top speed: —
power: —
gauge: 1,435 mm standard gauge
wheel arrangement: 2-10-0
length: 20.4 m
weight: 79.2 t

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