Collector Notes

UNITED STATES ARMY TRANSPORTATION CORPS BUILT STEAM LOCOMOTIVES

Manufacturer               Introduced      Scale  Model Status                          Notes

USA Dock Tanks 0-6-0T                                                                           

Porter  / Vulcan Ironworks, for USA Transportation Corps for War Department (used in UK and throughout Europe)

438 locomotives were built between 1942 and 1944 for use after the D-Day landings. A large number remained in store after the war and the Southern Railway purchased one for trials at Southampton Docks. The trials proved very successful and a further 13 were purchased (making 14 in total). Others saw service in other countries following the war. The first of the British Railways locomotives (former Southern Railway) was withdrawn in May 1962 and the last in July 1967. 4 locomotives have been preserved in the UK

Hornby-AcHo             1969                HO      Manufacturer closed down   Ready to run, made by Meccano, France

Q Kits                          1983                4mm   Catalogue                               Kit

Chivers Finelines      1985                N         Status unknown                      Kit      

Oakville                       1991                O         Tools taken over                     Kit

}G.E.Models / Acorn  2002                           Catalogue                               Produced for G.E. by Acorn

South Eastern

Finecast                      1995                4mm   Catalogue                               Kit                   

Dave Alexander        1999                HO      Catalogue                               Kit                   

 

S160 Class 2-8-0                                                                                        

United States Army Transportation Corps for use in Britain and Europe during World War 2

2120 (estimated) locomotives were built between 1942 and 1947. 800 of these were delivered to Britain and during the war the Class saw widespread use in the UK before crossing into Europe. The GWR used 174, LNER 168, LMS 50 and Southern 6 during the war, although none saw service with the four mainline companies after the war in the UK. Two locomotives remained in War Department use at the Longmoor Military Railway for driver training for a period. Many were sold after the war to overseas railways and continued in regular use until the 1990s. Eight locomotives have been preserved in the UK following purchase from overseas administrations in China, Greece, Hungary and Poland

DJH Model Loco       Unknown        HO      Catalogue                               Kit