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Bespoke Weathered 926504 USATC S160 2-8-0 SR Wartime Light Grey with Transportation Corps U.S.A on Tender No.2356 Steam Locomotive - DCC Sound & Deluxe Weathered

Bespoke Weathered 926504 USATC S160 2-8-0 SR Wartime Light Grey with Transportation Corps U.S.A on Tender No.2356 Steam Locomotive - DCC Sound & Deluxe Weathered

Rails of Sheffield

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The Southern Railway had the smallest contingent of S160 allocations, with only 6 locomotives sent on loan. This was due to the SR electrification scheme, meaning that the railway had a healthy surplus of steam locomotives available for wartime traffic, allowing other regions to take more S160 locomotives. They arrived on the SR relatively late, just ready for the preparations for the D-Day landings. Many S160 locomotives were commissioned in SR works and allowed to run-in on SR metals before being dispatched to other regions. No.2356 was transferred to Germany in September 1944 and worked fro

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