WAR DEPARTMENT/MINISTRY OF DEFENCE LOCOMOTIVES
71487 - AUSTERITY 0-6-0ST - built 1944 by Hunslet Engine Co., Works No.1763 - purchased back by Hunslet Engine Co. from WD and rebuilt, new Works No.3891, then resold - seen here at Cambridge during WW2.
Chosen by the War Department as it's standard shunting locomotive, The first Austerity 0-6-0ST was built in 1943 to a standard Hunslet Engine Co. design. Eventually, 485 engines were built by 6 different manufacturers and production did not end until 1964. After the War, examples remained all over Europe, 90 being retained for military use, 75 going to the LNER as Class J94, at least 36 ended up in Holland, many of the remainder going into industrial use, the newly formed NCB being a major customer. Around 70 are preserved in Britain with others in Europe.