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 look-a-like, 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 Barclay 2183 War Department WD 71529,
EG Steels of Hamilton		 Wemyss Private Railway
15 Earl David		 East Lancashire Railway Operational WPR Lined Brown Named in 2009 at the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway.[2][3]
1943 Hunslet 2857 War Department WD 75008 75008 Swiftsure Strathspey Railway Out of use awaiting firebox repairs [4]
1943 Hunslet 2864 War Department WD 75015 48 Strathspey Railway Stored at Aviemore awaiting major overhaul [4]
1943 RSH 5062 Ministry of Fuel & Power, Coalville, Leicestershire

NCB (North East Area) - Backworth		 49 Tanfield Railway Operational 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.[5]
1943 Hunslet 2890 War Department WD 75041 10 "Douglas" Mid Hants Railway Undergoing a major overhaul, work on chassis almost complete NWR Black Work ongoing to convert to a tender engine as No. 10 Douglas.
1943 RSH 7086 War Department WD 75050 27 Norman Embsay and Bolton Abbey Steam Railway Operational. BR Green with lined black In service at Embsay & Bolton Abbey Railway until March 2012, after which it shall be moved to its real home at the Swanage Railway. It is owned by Southern Locomotives Ltd
1943 RSH 7097 War Department WD 75061 9 Strathspey Railway Out of service awaiting boiler repair [4]
1943 Hudswell Clarke 1737 War Department 75080 NS 8811 Stoomstichting Nederland, Rotterdam, Netherlands Operational Sold on to Nederlandse Spoorwegen (No. 8811) after the war.
1944 Hudswell Clarke 1776 War Department WD 71499 Harry Horwich, Lancashire Under restoration Sold to NCB post war. Destined for use on the Embsay and Bolton Abbey Steam Railway[6]
1944 Hunslet 3155 War Department WD 75105 Walkden Ribble Steam Railway Operational Sold on to Nederlandse Spoorwegen (No. 8815) after the war.[7]
1944 Hunslet 3163 War Department 75113, WD 132 WD132 Sapper East Lancashire Railway Operational Previously on the South Devon Railway. Sold in 2009 to unnamed private buyer[8]. Refurbished by the Flour Mill 2010-2011.
1944 Hunslet 3165 War Department 75115 NS 8826 Zuid-Limburgse Stoomtrein Maatschappij, Limburg, Netherlands Sold on to Nederlandse Spoorwegen (No. 8826) after the war.
1944 Hunslet 3168 War Department 75118, WD 134 Wheldale Embsay and Bolton Abbey Steam Railway Under overhaul Lined maroon [9]
1944 RSH 7139 War Department WD 75189 8 Pontypool and Blaenavon Railway Under overhaul Sold to NCB post war.[10]
1944 RSH 7169 War Department WD 71515 71515 Pontypool and Blaenavon Railway Operational Russet Brown 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[11] Overhauled at the Flour Mill in the Forest of Dean and returned to service at Blaenavon in 2010.[12][13]
1944 RSH 7170 War Department WD 71516 Welsh Guardsman Gwili Railway Under repair [14]
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, where it was used in the filming of the original St Trinians film
1945 W.G.Bagnall 2777 War Department 75254 Alloa Area No. 7 SRPS at Bo'ness Operational Sold to NCB in 1963.[5]
1945 Vulcan Foundry 5272 War Department 75282 Haulwen Gwili Railway Operational Lined Green

Rebuilt in 1961 by Hunslet (works number 3879).[15]
1945 Vulcan Foundry 5309 War Department 75319 68072 Colne Valley Railway Under Restoration Sold to NCB after World War II, numbered 72.[16]
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) Assumed out of service Preserved at the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway from 1969[17] Now part of the Somerset & Dorset Locomotive Collection and relocated to Tyseley[18]

In 1963, this was one of the Austerities fitted with the Porta / Hunslet Gas Producer Combustion System and underfed stoker.[18] 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 [19]) and the only example in relatively complete condition.[18]
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 for major overhaul [4]
1950 Hunslet 3694 National Coal Board Whiston Foxfield Railway Operational Lined green NCB [20]
1950 Hunslet 3696 National Coal Board Respite Ribble Steam Railway Stored awaiting restoration [21]
1950 Hunslet 3698 National Coal Board Repulse Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway Operational

[22]
1952 Hunslet 3776 National Coal Board 8 Warspite Embsay and Bolton Abbey Steam Railway [23]
1952 Hunslet 3777 National Coal Board 68030 Josiah Wedgwood North Norfolk Railway Operational BR Black

On hire from Churnet Valley Railway.[4]
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 Awaiting major overhaul [24]
1953 Hunslet 3788 National Coal Board Monckton No.1 Embsay and Bolton Abbey Steam Railway Operational [25]
1953 Hunslet 3790 War Department WD 190 190 Colne Valley Railway Awaiting Overhaul Army Olive Green [26]
1953 Hunslet 3791 War Department WD 191 23 Holman F Stephens Kent & East Sussex Railway Operational

Withdrawn in August 1968. Sold out of Army service, arrived on K&ESR in February 1972.[27]
1953 Hunslet 3792 War Department WD 192 WD92 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.[28]
1953 Hunslet 3793 War Department WD 193 Shropshire Ribble Steam Railway Overhaul in progress Named at the Severn Valley Railway in 1977.[29]
1953 Hunslet 3794 War Department WD 194 10 Cumbria Ribble Steam Railway Out of Service/Awaiting Overhaul Furness Railway Indian Red

Previously on the Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway between 1974 and 2009. Owned by the Furness Railway Trust.[30][31]
1953 Hunslet 3796 War Department WD 196 68011 Errol Lonsdale Unknown BR Black

Previously on the South Devon Railway. Sold in 2009 to unnamed private buyer[8]
1953 Hunslet 3797 War Department WD 197 25 Northiam Kent & East Sussex Railway Out of service for a heavy general overhaul Arrived on K&ESR in September 1977.[27]
1953 Hunslet 3798 War Department WD 198 WD198 Royal Engineer Isle of Wight Steam Railway Operational WD Green

Moved to the Isle of Wight on loan from the National Army Museum in 1991: ownership transferred to IOWSR in 2008.[32]
1953 Hunslet 3800 War Department WD 200 24 Rolvenden Kent & East Sussex Railway Operational Arrived on K&ESR in January 1971.[27]
1953 Hunslet 3806 National Coal Board Wilbert Dean Forest Railway Under Overhaul Named by the Rev W Awdry in 1987.[33]
1953 Hunslet 3809 National Coal Board Great Central Railway Under overhaul
1954 Hunslet 3810 National Coal Board Glendower South Devon Railway Out of service [34]
1954 Hunslet 3818 National Coal Board East Fife Area No. 19 SRPS at Bo'ness Undergoing major overhaul Green

Previously carried spurious BR Livery and number 68019.[5]
1954 Hunslet 3823 National Coal Board Warrior Dean Forest Railway Under Restoration [35]
1955 Hunslet 3825 "LNER 8009" Kirby Stephen East Under Restoration at Carnforth
1955 Hunslet 3829 National Coal Board Gwili Railway Stored awaiting boiler overhaul.
1955 Hunslet 3837 National Coal Board 5 SRPS at Bo'ness Dismantled Used at Michael and Comrie Collieries in Scotland.[5]
1956 Hunslet 3839 National Coal Board Wimblebury Foxfield Railway Operational Lined blue [20]
1956 Hunslet 3840 Pamela Lincolnshire Wolds Railway Operational
1958 Hunslet 3850 Ironstone Quarry Railways Juno Isle of Wight Steam Railway Stored Light Grey 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.[36]
1964 Hunslet 3889 National Coal Board 65 Rutland Railway Museum Static display awaiting restoration Formerley at the Buckinghamshire Railway Centre.[37] Moved to Rutland in 1989.[38]
1964 Hunslet 3890 National Coal Board 66 Buckinghamshire Railway Centre

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