Liberation Class

what is it?

The Liberation Class was a class of 2-8-0 steam locomotives designed for heavy freight work in post-Second World War Europe. 120 were built by the Vulcan Foundry of Newton-le-Willows in 1946. In 1943 when the rehabilitation of Europe was already under consideration the Locomotive Manufacturers’ Association was asked by the Ministry of Supply, at the request of the Technical Advisory Committee on Inland Transport of the British and Allied Governments in London, to prepare designs of an engine more powerful than the “ Austerity ”’ locomotives, and suitable for universal use on the railways of Europe.

who runs it

Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer LuxembourgeoisČeskoslovenské státní dráhyYugoslav RailwaysPolish State Railways

base stats

• speed 80 km/htop speed
• built 130made 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 80 years ago, in 1946.

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

spec sheet

built

1946–1957

number built

130

kind

Steam

traction

steam

origin

🇱🇺 Luxembourg

builders

Vulcan Foundry, Đuro Đaković

operators

Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Luxembourgeois, Československé státní dráhy, Yugoslav Railways, Polish State Railways

top speed

80 km/h

power

—

gauge

1,435 mm standard gauge

wheel arrangement

2-8-0

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