Class of 120 British-built 2-8-0 locomotives built for the UNRRA
Liberation class 2-8-0 locomotive Polish Tr202-19 in a heritage park in
Chabówka .
Type and origin Power type Steam Builder Vulcan Foundry (120),Đuro Đaković (10)Serial number VF 5357–5476 Build date 1946 (120), 1957–58 (10)
Career Operators Numbers CFL: 4701–4710 ČSD: 459.001–459.015 JŽ: 38.001–38.075 PKP: Tr202.1–Tr202.30
The Liberation Class was a class of 2-8-0 steam locomotives designed for heavy freight work in post-Second World War Europe . 120 were built by the Vulcan Foundry of Newton-le-Willows in 1946.
Design
They shared some features[citation needed ] with the earlier WD Austerity 2-8-0 and WD Austerity 2-10-0 which in turn had been based on the LMS Stanier Class 8F . They were however built to the continental loading gauge , but the design was intended to last, not a short-term kriegslok .
Distribution
Ten went to Luxembourg and the rest to Eastern Europe . The United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration distributed them as follows:
Preservation
One Liberation class locomotive remains in Kraków , Poland Tr202-19 built in 1946.[ 1]
A second (also not in working condition) is in Jaworzyna Slask, Lower Silesia, South West Poland Tr202-28.[ 2]
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