List of preserved Hunslet Austerity 0-6-0ST locomotives

This table details the steam locomotives of the Hunslet Austerity 0-6-0ST class that have been preserved on heritage railways. Of the 485 'Austerities' constructed, around 70 have survived into preservation.

Although the Hunslet Engine Company were responsible for the design, not all of these locomotives were built by the company. In order to meet wartime demand, Hunslet subcontracted some of the construction to Andrew Barclay Sons & Co., W. G. Bagnall, Hudswell Clarke, Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns and the Vulcan Foundry.

Several have been painted as LNER Class J94s to represent mainline rather than industrial use. Not all have survived intact; the boiler of RSH 7135 of 1944 was used on the replica Broad gauge locomotive "Iron Duke" built in 1985. At least one has been turned into a Thomas the Tank Engine lookalike, and another into one of Douglas, also from The Railway Series.

The Scottish Railway Preservation Society have formed an Austerity Locomotive Owners Association (A.L.O.A.)[1] with the aim of being a central point for owners of Austerity locomotives to share information and assistance.

Year Built Builder Works Number Original User Current Number and Name Current Location Status Livery Notes
1943 Hudswell Clarke 1752 War Department 75091, National Coal Board NCB Bold Colliery 7 Robert Great Central Railway
Undergoing overhaul
NCB Lined Green

Named at Bold Colliery in 1978.[2]

1943 Barclay 2183 War Department 71529,
WD 165
EG Steels of Hamilton
Wemyss Private Railway
15 Earl David
Avon Valley Railway
Operational
WPR Lined Brown

Named in 2009 at the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway.[3][4]

1943 Hunslet 2857 War Department 75008 75008 Swiftsure East Lancashire Railway Operational WD Green

[5]

1943 Hunslet 2864 War Department 75015 48 Strathspey Railway
Stored
[5]
1943 RSH 5062 Ministry of Fuel & Power, Coalville, Leicestershire

NCB (North East Area) - Backworth
49 Tanfield Railway
Stored
Lined Green
1943 Hunslet 2880 War Department 75031,
WD 101
17 SRPS at Bo'ness
Dismantled

Bought by NCB in 1961 and used at Polkemmet Colliery, West Lothian.[6]

1943 Hunslet 2890 War Department 75041
WD 107
10 "Douglas" Ribble Steam Railway
Undergoing overhaul
NWR Black Converted to an 0-6-0 tender engine as No. 10 Douglas. Formerly based at Mid Hants Railway.
1943 RSH 7086 War Department 75050 69 Norman Embsay and Bolton Abbey Steam Railway
Operational
N. C. B. Black At The Embsay & Bolton Abbey Railway
1943 RSH 7097 War Department 75061 9 Strathspey Railway
Stored
[5]
1943 Hudswell Clarke 1737 War Department 75080 NS 8811 Stoom Stichting Nederland, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Operational

Sold on to Nederlandse Spoorwegen (No. 8811) after the war. Sold to Julia colliery, Eygelshoven (NL) in 1953 as 'Julia IV', renumbered as LV 13 in 1962. Went out of service after colliery closed in 1974. Was still under steam in 1975 when cleaning up the remains of the colliery. Giving this locomotive the status of last operational steam enginge in The Netherlands. Stored in the former locomotive shed until discovery in 1981.

1944 W.G.Bagnall 2758 War Department 75170 Cefn Coed Colliery Museum, Crynant
Static display

NCB[7]

1944 Hudswell Clarke 1776 War Department 71499 Harry Horwich, Lancashire
Under overhaul
Sold to NCB post war. Destined for use on the Embsay and Bolton Abbey Steam Railway[8]
1944 Hunslet 3155 War Department 75105 Walkden Ribble Steam Railway
Operational
Sold on to Nederlandse Spoorwegen (No. 8815) after the war. Sold to Laura colliery, Eygelshoven (NL) in 1953 as Laura 16, renumbered as LV 16 in 1962. Boiler exam expired in 1970, received the boiler from LV 15 (Hudswell C. 1739/1943) Sold to SSTT in 1975. Sold to P.E. Waters Associates Railway Engineers in 1988.[9]
1944 Hunslet 3163 War Department 75113,
WD 132
WD 132 Sapper East Lancashire Railway
Operational
WD Green

Previously on the South Devon Railway. Sold in 2009 to unnamed private buyer.[10] Refurbished by the Flour Mill 2010-2011.

1944 Hunslet 3165 War Department 75115 NS 8826 Zuid-Limburgse Stoomtrein Maatschappij, Limburg, Netherlands
Under overhaul
Sold on to Nederlandse Spoorwegen (No. 8826) after the war. Sold to Julia colliery, Eygelshoven (NL) in 1953 as 'Julia V', renumbered as LV 14 in 1962. Went out of service after boiler exam expired in 1973
1944 Hunslet 3168 War Department 75118,
WD 134
Wheldale Embsay and Bolton Abbey Steam Railway
Under overhaul
Lined maroon
[11]
1944 Hunslet 3193 War Department 75142,
WD 140
Norfolk Regiment Norfolk Heritage Steam Railway Ltd.
Under overhaul
Black
1944 RSH 7136 War Department 75186
WD 150
68013 Royal Pioneer Peak Rail
Under Overhaul
1944 RSH 7139 War Department 75189,
WD 152,
N.C.B. No. 8
WD 152 Rennes Dean Forest Railway
Under overhaul
Prussian Blue - Longmoor Military Railway Sold to NCB post war.[12]
1944 RSH 7169 War Department 71515 71515 Pontypool and Blaenavon Railway
Operational
Indian Red - Mech Navvies livery Sold to NCB post war and used at Swalwell. Converted at East Somerset Railway to resemble J94.Then to Embsay and Bolton Abbey Steam Railway as 68005[13] Overhauled at the Flour Mill in the Forest of Dean and returned to service in private ownership at Blaenavon in 2010.[14][15]
1944 RSH 7170 War Department 71516 Welsh Guardsman Gwili Railway
Under overhaul
[16]
1944 Hunslet 2868 (rebuilt as 3883 of 1963) War Department 75019
WD 168
68012 Lord Phil Peak Rail
Operational
[17][18]
1945 Hudswell Clarke 1782 War Department 71505,
WD 118
LMR 118 Brussels Keighley and Worth Valley Railway
Stored
Longmoor Military Railway

Originally preserved by the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway from the Longmoor Military Railway.

1945 W.G.Bagnall 2777 War Department 75254,
WD 175
Alloa Area No. 7 SRPS at Bo'ness
Operational
Sold to NCB in 1963.[6]
1945 W.G.Bagnall 2779 War Department 75256 No 2779 Gamma Tanfield Railway
Stored
Black Lined red Spent time working at: Longmoor Military Railway (1945), Brandon C Colliery outside Durham (1946), Vane Tempest Colliery at Seaham (1967) and appeared repainted as 2502/7 in the Stockton and Darlington Railway 150th Anniversary at Shildon (1975).[19] Before being bought and operated as sister locomotive Bowes No20 at the Tanfield Railway whilst on loan to Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway until 1993 when she continued operating at Tanfield.
1945 Vulcan Foundry 5272 War Department 75282,
WD 181 Insein
Haulwen Gwili Railway
Operational
Lined Green

Rebuilt in 1961 by Hunslet (works number 3879).[20]

1945 Vulcan Foundry 5309 War Department 75319 68072 Mangapps Railway Museum, Essex Sold to NCB after World War II, numbered 72, returned to service in April 2013 at Llangollen Railway,[21] from 2015 at Mangapps railway museum.
1945 RSH 7289 War Department 71480

From 1946 with National Coal Board (North Western) at Walkden and Leigh collieries
Fred Tyseley Locomotive Works (at 2003)
Stored
Preserved at the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway from 1969[22] Now part of the Somerset & Dorset Locomotive Collection and relocated to Tyseley[23] In 1963, this was one of the Austerities fitted with the Porta / Hunslet Gas Producer Combustion System and underfed stoker.[23] Although the stoker had fallen from use by the time of its preservation, the firebox and Kylpor ejector with its distinctive 'Sontaran' chimney are one of the few Austerities so-fitted to survive(also [24]) and the only example in relatively complete condition.[23]
1947 Barclay 2215 War Department 71466
LNER 8077 working at Immingham Docks, then NCB no.14 in 1962
68077 Spa Valley Railway
Under overhaul
Unknown Originally preserved by the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway in 1971 where it was tested and the withdrawn due for fitting of vacuum brakes and steam heat. Went on loan to the Spa Valley Railway for overhaul in 2005
1949 Hunslet 3686 National Coal Board 60 Strathspey Railway
Dismantled
[5]
1950 Hunslet 3694 National Coal Board Whiston Foxfield Railway
Operational
Lined green NCB [25]
1950 Hunslet 3696 National Coal Board Respite Ribble Steam Railway
Stored
[26]
1950 Hunslet 3698 National Coal Board Repulse Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway
Operational

[27]

1952 Hunslet 3776 National Coal Board 8 Warspite Embsay and Bolton Abbey Steam Railway [28]
1952 Hunslet 3777 National Coal Board 68030 Josiah Wedgwood Crewe Heritage Centre
Stored
BR Black

On hire from Churnet Valley Railway.[5]

1952 Hunslet 3781 National Coal Board 1 "Thomas" Mid Hants Railway
Operational
NWR Blue

Converted from a saddle-tank to side-tank design to create No. 1 "Thomas" in 1994

1953 Hunslet 3785 National Coal Board 69 Embsay and Bolton Abbey Steam Railway
Stored
[29]
1953 Hunslet 3788 National Coal Board Monckton No.1 Embsay and Bolton Abbey Steam Railway
Stored

[30]

1953 Hunslet 3790 War Department 190 190 Colne Valley Railway
Operational
Army Olive Green [31]
1953 Hunslet 3791 War Department 191 Black Knight 23 Holman F Stephens Kent & East Sussex Railway
Operational
Lined Olive Green

Withdrawn in August 1968. Sold out of Army service, arrived on K&ESR in February 1972.[32]

1953 Hunslet 3792 War Department 192 Waggoner WD 92 Waggoner Isle of Wight Steam Railway
Operational
LMR Blue

Moved to the Isle of Wight on loan from the National Army Museum in 2005: ownership transferred to IOWSR in 2008.[33]

1953 Hunslet 3793 War Department 193 Shropshire Ribble Steam Railway
Under overhaul
Named at the Severn Valley Railway in 1977.[34]
1953 Hunslet 3794 War Department 194 10 Cumbria Ribble Steam Railway
Operational
Furness Railway Indian Red

Previously on the Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway between 1974 and 2009. Owned by the Furness Railway Trust.[35][36]

1953 Hunslet 3796 War Department 196 Errol Lonsdale 68011 Errol Lonsdale Stoomcentrum Maldegem Black, to be painted in WD green after restoration.

Initially preserved on the Kent & East Sussex Railway from the Longmoor Military Railway, where it was used in the filming of The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery in 1966. Moved to the Mid Hants Railway prior to 1977, and then to the South Devon Railway in 1992. Sold in 2009 to unnamed private buyer[10]

1953 Hunslet 3797 War Department 197 Sapper 25 Northiam Kent & East Sussex Railway
Stored
Arrived on K&ESR in September 1977.[32]
1953 Hunslet 3798 War Department 198 Royal Engineer WD 198 Royal Engineer Isle of Wight Steam Railway
Under Repair
WD Green

Moved to the Isle of Wight on loan from the National Army Museum in 1991: ownership transferred to IOWSR in 2008. Currently out of service for a repair to the boiler.[37]

1953 Hunslet 3800 War Department 200 200 Colne Valley Railway
Under Overhaul
Arrived at the Colne Valley Railway in June 2014.[38]
1953 Hunslet 3806 National Coal Board Wilbert Dean Forest Railway
Operational

Named by the Rev W Awdry in 1987.[39]

1953 Hunslet 3809 National Coal Board Great Central Railway
Under overhaul
1954 Hunslet 3810 National Coal Board Glendower South Devon Railway
Stored

[40]

1954 Hunslet 3818 National Coal Board East Fife Area No. 19 SRPS at Bo'ness
Operational
Green

Previously carried spurious BR Livery and number 68019.[6]

1954 Hunslet 3823 National Coal Board Warrior Dean Forest Railway
Under overhaul
[41]
1955 Hunslet 3825 National Coal Board "LNER 8009" Kirby Stephen East
Under overhaul
1955 Hunslet 3829 National Coal Board Gwili Railway
Stored
1955 Hunslet 3837 National Coal Board 5 SRPS at Bo'ness
Dismantled
Used at Michael and Comrie Collieries in Scotland.[6]
1956 Hunslet 3839 National Coal Board Wimblebury Foxfield Railway
Under overhaul
Lined blue

[25]

1956 Hunslet 3840 National Coal Board Pamela Garw Valley Railway
Stored

Originally worked out of Maesteg and St John's Washery, Llynvi Valley. Previously in the possession of the Vale of Glamorgan Railway (now defunct), before being loaned to the Lincolnshire Wold Railway. Ownership transferred to Garw Valley Railway in 2012.

1956 Hunslet 3844 National Coal Board United Steel Company No.22 Appleby Frodingham Railway
Operational
Lined Maroon

On loan from the Appleby Frodingham Railway

1958 Hunslet 3850 Ironstone Quarry Railways Juno Isle of Wight Steam Railway
Stored
Green

Transferred to the Isle of Wight from the Ivatt Steam Trust in 2009.On loan to the National Railway Museum from October 2010 and on display at Shildon.[42]

1964 Hunslet 3889 National Coal Board 65 Dean Forest Railway
Under overhaul
Departmental Yellow Formerly at the Buckinghamshire Railway Centre.[43] Moved to Rutland in 1989 and to Dean Forest 2015.[44]
1964 Hunslet 3890 National Coal Board 66 Buckinghamshire Railway Centre Under overhaul Green [45]

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