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Another view of the S-160 WD 93257 "Carl R Gray Jr"
on the Longmoor
Military Railway Behind the
loco's tender is a ramp wagon for loading tanks onto trains. One
wheelset was temporarily removed and the sloping surface of the wagon
then provided the necessary loading ramp. Photograph Frank Jones.
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The S-160 2-8-0s were designed to be lifted
by their boilers. A securing ring for lifting is located at the top of
the front of the smokebox. The dome cover could be removed and this
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Another view of the USATC S160 2-8-0s stored at Penrhos Junction in South Wales.
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Report
Dates
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Ships
Carrying S-160 Locomotives to Britain
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13th
April 1943 |
'Kronprinsen' 4 locos 1887, 1888, 1889, 2083. Manchester. |
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13th
April 1943 |
Four locos on S.S.
'Pacific Grove' bound for Glasgow, notified 05 Apr, 'will not now
arrive'. |
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13th
April 1943 |
Two locos on
'Tigre', notified yesterday, are 2053 and 1878. |
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19th
April 1943 |
'Laurits
Svenson' 4 locos 2101, 2111, 2113, 2114. Glasgow. |
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19th
April 1943 |
'Mathura' 2 locos 1885, 1886. Liverpool |
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19th
April 1943 |
'Robert
Gray' 2 locos. London. |
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19th
April 1943 |
'Samuel
Bakke' 2 locos. Liverpool. |
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19th
April 1943 |
'Schoarie' 2 locos. Cardiff. |
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19th
April 1943 |
'Steel
Traveller' 2 locos 1883, 1884. Liverpool. |
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19th
April 1943 |
Two locos on
'Jonathan Worth', notified 13 Apr 43, are 2246, 2247. |
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Another view of USATC S-160 number 5820
in 1985. This
locomotive is Lima 8758 of 1945.
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USATC
S-160 2-8-0 Number Series
1600 - 1926
2000 - 2929
3200 - 3689
5700 - 5849 |
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USATC S-160 number 1680 at an
unidentified location. Locomotive built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works
of Philadelphia. Photograph Edward Talbot collection.
USATC S-160 running as WD 701
"Franklin D. Roosevelt" at Ropley on the Mid-Hants Railway 4th
March 1994.
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REC
Operating Committee Minute 4428 of 6th August 1943
Delivery of 400 US locos for British Railways now almost complete.
'Locomotives of the 370 batch should be sent to Ebbw Shops for adjustment and then forwarded to storage places, as may be
determined'.
US authorities to make 'Transportation Corps' stencils and send soldiers to apply to tenders at railway centres. Railways will use the stencils to mark tenders as they pass through shops. |
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The nameplate of preserved locomotive WD
701.
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Report
Dates
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Ships
Carrying S-160 Locomotives to Britain
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19th
April 1943 |
Two locos on 'Jonathan Worth', notified 13 Apr 43, are 2246, 2247. |
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27th
April 1943 |
'Emma
Bakke' 4 locos 1841, 1897, 1898, 1899. Liverpool. |
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27th
April 1943 |
'Fernmoor' 4 locos 1900, 2100, 2103, 2112. Manchester. |
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27th
April 1943 |
'Pacific
Exporter' 2 locos 1895, 1896. Liverpool. |
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1st
May 1943 |
'Empire
Heritage' 6 locos 1901, 1902, 1891, 1892, 1893, 1894. Liverpool. |
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1st
May 1943 |
'Fort
Louisbourg' 4 locos 2273, 2274, 2286, 2295. Liverpool. |
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1st
May 1943 |
'Vermer' 2 locos 2115, 2117. Liverpool. |
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1st
May 1943 |
'Empire
Southey' 2 locos 2250, 2251. Hull 10 May. |
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10th
May 1943 |
'Alcoa
Trader' 2 locos 2123, 2124. Swansea. |
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10th
May 1943 |
'James
Turner' 2 locos 2120, 2121. Liverpool. |
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Another view of WD 700 at the works of W.
G. Bagnall at Stafford 27th March 1954.
The tender of USATC S-160 number 5820, Lima 8758 of
1945, photographed in 1985.
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REC
Mechanical & Electrical Committee Minute 1499 of 11th August 1943
Spares for US 2-8-0 locos to be requisitioned from;-
US Army Depot,
Transportation Stores Section,
Burton on Trent
Staffs. |
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The cab layout of a USATC S-160.
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USATC
Number Series |
Builder |
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1600
- 1676 |
Alco |
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1677
- 1826 |
Baldwin |
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1827
- 1926 |
Lima |
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2000
- 2151 |
Alco |
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2152
- 2241 |
Lima |
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2242
- 2379 |
Baldwin |
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2380
- 2459 |
Alco |
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2500
- 2589 |
Lima |
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2590
- 2775 |
Baldwin |
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2776
- 2803 |
Lima |
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2804
- 2929 |
Alco |
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3200
- 3379 |
Alco |
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3380
- 3559 |
Baldwin |
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3560
- 3599 |
Lima |
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3600
- 3689 |
Lima |
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5700
- 5849 |
Lima |
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USATC S-160 running as WD 701
"Franklin D. Roosevelt" outside the locomotive shed at Ropley on the Mid-Hants Railway
on 10th
March 1994.
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Report
Dates
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Ships
Carrying S-160 Locomotives to Britain
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10th
May 1943 |
'Pacific
Enterprise' 4 locos 2125, 2126, 2127, 2128. Liverpool. |
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10th
May 1943 |
'Stephen A
Douglas' 4 locos 2104, 2105, 2106, 2107. Liverpool. |
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10th
May 1943 |
'Norfalk' 2 locos 2252, 2253. Hull. |
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14th
May 1943 |
'Bernard N
Baker' 2 locos 2298, 2299. Liverpool. |
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14th
May 1943 |
'Edward N
Hurley' 2 locos 2287, 2296. Liverpool. |
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14th
May 1943 |
'Elizabeth
Bakke' 4 locos 2146, 2150, 2151, 1877. Glasgow. |
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14th
May 1943 |
'Glenogle' 4 locos 2118, 2122, 2129, 2134. Liverpool. |
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14th
May 1943 |
'Montevideo' 4 locos 2130, 2131, 2132, 2133. Swansea. |
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14th
May 1943 |
'Noesaniwi' 4 locos 2144, 2145, 2066, 2067. Cardiff. |
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14th
May 1943 |
'Ralph Waldo
Emerson' 4 locos 2135, 2136, 2137, 2138. Hull. |
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more locomotives on various ships, too numerous to list here |
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LMS motive power inspectors who rode
on the S160s hauling coal trains between Toton and Brent shortly after
their arrival were so impressed with the self-cleaning smokeboxes,
rocker ashpans and drop grates, that these fittings were incorporated in
post-war LMS engines and BR 'Standard' locomotive designs. |
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USATC 1888 at March North Junction LNER
(GER). Locomotive built by Lima Locomotive Works of Lima, Ohio. On 13th
April 1943 this locomotive was reported to be one of four aboard the 'Kronprinsen', due to dock at Manchester about the 21st of
April. The wagon on the left of the picture is a standard LNER 12-ton
van, and that on the right is a privately owned coal wagon.
Photograph L. W. Perkins via Edward Talbot.
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