Hunslet Austerity 0-6-0ST/Preservation

This table details the steam locomotives of the Hunslet Austerity 0-6-0ST class that have been preserved on heritage railways. Of the 484 'Austerities' constructed, around 70 have survived into preservation, often referred to by enthusiasts as "Buckets".
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. 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.) with the aim of being a central point for owners of Austerity locomotives to share information and assistance.
==List of locomotives==
Images	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 Bold Colliery 7 Robert	68067 Robert 	Great Central Railway 	 	BR black, with "cycling lion" crest, smokebox number plate and 40E shed code	Named Robert at Bold Colliery in 1978 and was part of the Rocket 150 cavalcade in 1980.
 	1945 	Barclay 	2183 	War Department 71529,
WD 165
EG Steels of Hamilton 	Wemyss Private Railway15 Earl David 	Vale of Berkeley Railway 	 	WPR lined brown 	Named in 2009 at the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway.
 	1943 	Hunslet 	2855 	War Department 75006 	75006 	Nene Valley Railway 	 	Maroon 	
 	1943 	Hunslet 	2857 	War Department 75008 	75008 Swiftsure 	Dean Forest Railway 	Operational 	Longmoor Military Railway Prussian blue 	
 	1943 	Hunslet 	2864 	War Department 75015 	48 	Aln Valley Railway 	 	 	
 	1943 	RSH 	7098 	Ministry of Fuel & Power, Coalville, Leicestershire 
NCB (North East Area) - Backworth	49 	Tanfield Railway 	 	Lined green 	
 	1943 	Hunslet 	2880 	War Department 75031,
WD 101 	17 	SRPS at Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway 	 	 	Bought by NCB in 1961 and used at Polkemmet Colliery, West Lothian.
 	1943 	Hunslet 	2890
3882 (as rebuilt) 	War Department 75041
WD 107 	10 Douglas 	East Lancashire Railway 	 	NWR black 	Supplied to the War Department as 75041, and used on the Longmoor Military Railway as WD 107 Foggia.
Fitted with GPCS in 1962, and given works number 3882. Used by the NCB at Maesteg Colliery until 1976 Worked on the Watercress Line as Barbara.
In 2000, converted to an 0-6-0 tender engine as No. 10 Douglas from Thomas the Tank Engine.
 	1943 	RSH 	7086 	War Department 75050 	69 Norman 	Embsay and Bolton Abbey Steam Railway 	 	NCB black 	
 	1943 	RSH 	7097 	War Department 75061 	9 Cairngorm 	Strathspey Railway 	 	 	
 	1943 	Hunslet 	2873 	War Department 75024 	NS 8811 	Stoom Stichting Nederland, Rotterdam, Netherlands 	 	 	Sold directly from WD to Laura colliery, Eygelshoven (NL) in 1945, numbered 'Laura 12' (later LV 12). Oou 1967. Then the boiler of LV 13, before 1962 known as 'Julia IV' (ex NS 8811, ex WD 75080), was placed on the frame of LV 12 (ex WD 75024). The colliery numbered its locomotives after their boilers and not after the framenumbers (as practiced by WD and most railway compagnies). So this means the loco became LV 13 after its boiler. 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 engine in The Netherlands. Stored in the former locomotive shed until discovery in 1981. Operates today with a new boiler (RAW Görlitz 20/1995) on the LV 12 frame (WD 75024). NS numbering follows the frame. So this never was a NS engine. The NS-number 8811 is fictional but fun.
 	1944 	W.G.Bagnall 	2749 	War Department 75161 	6 	Caledonian Railway (Brechin) 	 	 	
 	1944 	W.G.Bagnall 	2746 	War Department 75158 	 	Ecclesbourne Valley Railway 	 	 	
 	1944 	W.G.Bagnall 	2758 	War Department 75170 	 	Cefn Coed Colliery Museum, Crynant 	 	 	
 	1944 	Hudswell Clarke	1776 	War Department 71499,
NCB 	Harry 	Horwich, Lancashire 	 	 	Under overhaul at Bryn Engineering, Wigan.
 	1944 	Hunslet 	3155 	War Department 75105 	Walkden 	Ribble Steam Railway 	 	WD green 	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. Still in steam in 1970 when clearing up remains of the colliery. 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.
 	1944 	Hunslet 	3163 	War Department 75113,
WD 132 	WD 132 Sapper 	Avon Valley Railway 	 	WD green 	Previously on the South Devon Railway. Sold in 2009 to unnamed private buyer. 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. Sold to Julia colliery, Eygelshoven (NL) in 1953 as 'Julia V', renumbered as LV 14 in 1962. Went out of service after boiler ticket expired in 1973
 	1944 	Hunslet 	3168 	War Department 75118,
WD 134 	Wheldale 	Embsay and Bolton Abbey Steam Railway 	 	Lined maroon 	
 	1944 	Hunslet 	3180 	War Department 75130 	Antwerp 	Private site, Sellindge 	 	Red 	
 	1944 	Hunslet 	3193 	War Department 75142,
WD 140 	Norfolk Regiment 	Northampton & Lamport Railway 	 	Black 	January 2023, purchased by Northampton Steam Railway Limited and moved to the Northampton & Lamport Railway
 	1944 	RSH 	7136 	War Department 75186
WD 150 	68013 Royal Pioneer 	Peak Rail 	 	 	
 	1944 	RSH 	7139 	War Department 75189,
WD 152, 
N.C.B. No. 8 	WD 152 Rennes 	Dean Forest Railway 	 	Longmoor Military Railway Prussian blue 	Sold to NCB post war.
 	1944 	RSH 	7169 	War Department 71515 	71515 	Pontypool and Blaenavon Railway 	 	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 Overhauled at the Flour Mill in the Forest of Dean and returned to service in private ownership at Blaenavon in 2010.
 	1944 	RSH 	7170 	War Department 71516 	Welsh Guardsman 	Severn Valley Railway 	 	Lined black 	
 	1944 	Hunslet 	2868 (rebuilt as 3883 of 1963)	War Department 75019
WD 168 	68012 Lord Phil 	Epping Ongar Railway 	 	Lined green 	
 	1945 	Hudswell Clarke	1782 	War Department 71505,
WD 118 	LMR 118 Brussels 	Keighley and Worth Valley Railway 	 	Longmoor Military Railway Prussian blue 	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 and Kinneil Railway 	 	 	Sold to NCB in 1963.
 	1945 	W.G.Bagnall 	2779 	War Department 75256 	No 2779 Gamma 	Tanfield Railway 	 	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). Before being bought and operated as sister locomotive Bowes No 20 at the Tanfield Railway whilst on loan to Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway until 1993 when she continued operating at Tanfield.
 	1945 	Hunslet 	3207 	WD 157 Constantine 	 	 	 	 	One of two Austerities, with Errol Lonsdale, used in the filming of The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery in 1966, it was mocked up with side tanks to resemble a J50 and temporarily renumbered 68961. Scrapped in 1968 by Pollock Brown at Southampton.
 	1945 	Vulcan Foundry 	5272 	War Department 75282,
WD 181 Insein 	Haulwen 	Gwili Railway 	 	Lined green 	Rebuilt in 1961 by Hunslet (works number 3879).
 	1945 	Vulcan Foundry 	5309 	War Department 75319 	68072 	Peak Rail 	 	 	Sold to NCB after World War II, numbered 72, returned to service in April 2013 at Llangollen Railway, 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) 	 	 	Preserved at the Keighley & Worth Valley Railway from 1969 Now part of the Somerset & Dorset Locomotive Collection and relocated to Tyseley In 1963, this was one of the Austerities fitted with the Porta / Hunslet Gas Producer Combustion System and underfed stoker. 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 and the only example in relatively complete condition.
 	1946 	Barclay 	2212 	War Department 71463
LNER 8078 	68078 	Private site, Sellindge 	 	BR black 	
 	1947 	Barclay 	2215 	War Department 71466
LNER 8077 working at Immingham Docks, then NCB no.14 in 1962	68077 	Spa Valley Railway 	 	Unknown 	Originally preserved by the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway in 1971 where tested and withdrawn, due for fitting of vacuum brakes and steam heat. On loan to the Spa Valley Railway for overhaul in 2005
 	1948 	Hunslet 	3686 	National Coal Board 	60 	Aln Valley Railway 	 	NCB black 	Built for the NCB, with cab and bunker cut down to a smaller loading gauge for working the Lambton Drops, a coal staith at Sunderland.
 	1950 	Hunslet 	3694 	National Coal Board 	Whiston 	Foxfield Railway 	 	Lined green NCB 	
 	1950 	Hunslet 	3696 	National Coal Board 	Respite 	Ribble Steam Railway 	 	 	
 	1950 	Hunslet 	3698 	National Coal Board 	Repulse 	Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway 	 	 	
 	1952 	Hunslet 	3770 	National Coal Board 	Norma 	Cambrian Heritage Railways 	 	Rust 	
 	1952 	Hunslet 	3776 	National Coal Board 	8 Warspite 	Embsay and Bolton Abbey Steam Railway 	 	 	
 	1952 	Hunslet 	3777 	National Coal Board 	68030 Josiah Wedgwood 	Llangollen Railway 	 	BR black 	Currently based at Llangollen Railway. The Boiler has been sent away for Overhaul with a view to return the loco to traffic in 2023.
 	1952 	Hunslet 	3781 	National Coal Board 	1 "Thomas" 	Mid Hants Railway 	 	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 	North Tyneside Steam Railway 	 	 	
 	1953 	Hunslet 	3788 	National Coal Board 	Monckton No.1 	Embsay and Bolton Abbey Steam Railway 	 	 	
 	1953 	Hunslet 	3790 	War Department 190 	190 	Colne Valley Railway 	 	Army olive green 	
 	1953 	Hunslet 	3791 	War Department 191 Black Knight 	23 Holman F Stephens 	Kent & East Sussex Railway 	 	Lined olive green 	Withdrawn in August 1968. Sold out of Army service, arrived on K&ESR in February 1972.
 	1953 	Hunslet 	3792 	War Department 192 Waggoner 	WD 92 Waggoner 	Isle of Wight Steam Railway 	 	Longmoor Military Railway Prussian blue 	Moved to the Isle of Wight on loan from the National Army Museum in 2005: ownership transferred to IOWSR in 2008.
 	1953 	Hunslet 	3793 	War Department 193 	Shropshire 	Ribble Steam Railway 	 	 	Named at the Severn Valley Railway in 1977.
 	1953 	Hunslet 	3794 	War Department 194 	10 Cumbria 	Embsay & Bolton Abbey Steam Railway 	 	Furness Railway Indian Red 	Previously on the Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway between 1974 and 2009. Owned by the Furness Railway Trust.
 	1953 	Hunslet 	3796 	War Department 196 Errol Lonsdale 	68011 Errol Lonsdale 	Stoomcentrum Maldegem 	Operational 	Black, After restoration WD green (2016) 	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
 	1953 	Hunslet 	3797 	War Department 197 Sapper 	25 Northiam 	Kent & East Sussex Railway 	 	Blue 	Arrived on K&ESR in September 1977.
 	1953 	Hunslet 	3798 	War Department 198 Royal Engineer 	WD 198 Royal Engineer 	Isle of Wight Steam Railway 	 	WD green 	Moved to the Isle of Wight on loan from the National Army Museum in 1991: ownership transferred to IOWSR in 2008.
 	1953 	Hunslet 	3800 	War Department 200 	200 	Colne Valley Railway 	 	 	Arrived at CVR June 2014.
 	1953 	Hunslet 	3806 	National Coal Board 	Wilbert 	Dean Forest Railway 	 	 	Named by the Rev W Awdry in 1987.
 	1953 	Hunslet 	3809 	National Coal Board 	 	Great Central Railway 	 	 	
 	1954 	Hunslet 	3810 	National Coal Board 	Glendower 	South Devon Railway 	 	 	
 	1954 	Hunslet 	3818 	National Coal Board 	East Fife Area No. 19 	SRPS at Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway 	 	Green 	Previously carried spurious BR Livery and number 68019.
 	1954 	Hunslet 	3823 	National Coal Board 	Warrior 	Dean Forest Railway 	 	 	
 	1955 	Hunslet 	3825 	National Coal Board 	"LNER 8009" 	Stainmore Railway Company at Kirkby Stephen East 	 	Black 	Delivered to Betteshanger Colliery, Kent in 1954. Sold into preservation at Great Central Railway in November 1981, sold to North Norfolk Railway 1993. Bought by two Stainmore Railway Company directors in 2004, then spot-hired. Now back at Kirkby Stephen East, awaiting overhaul.
 	1955 	Hunslet 	3829 	National Coal Board 	 	Gwili Railway 	 	 	
 	1955 	Hunslet 	3837 	National Coal Board 	5 	SRPS at Bo'ness and Kinneil Railway 	 	 	Used at Michael and Comrie Collieries in Scotland.
 	1956 	Hunslet 	3839 	National Coal Board 	Wimblebury 	Foxfield Railway 	 	Unlined blue with NCB lettering 	
 	1956 	Hunslet 	3840 	National Coal Board 	Pamela 	Garw Valley Railway 	 	 	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 	NCB 	United Steel Company No.22 	Appleby Frodingham Railway 	 	Lined maroon 	On loan from the Appleby Frodingham Railway
 	1958 	Hunslet 	3850 	Ironstone Quarry Railways 	Juno 	Isle of Wight Steam Railway 	 	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.
 	1962 	Hunslet 	3851 	NCB 	Cadley Hill No 1 	Snibston Discovery Park 	 	Green 	Stored at Snibston Discovery Park
 	1962 	Hunslet 	3882 	NCB 	Rebuilding of 2890 with gas producer combustion system	Rebuilding of 2890 with gas producer combustion system 	Rebuilding of 2890 with gas producer combustion system	Rebuilding of 2890 with gas producer combustion system 	
 	1964 	Hunslet 	3889 	NCB 	65 	Dean Forest Railway 	 	NCB yellow 	Formerly at Buckinghamshire Railway Centre. Moved to Rutland in 1989 and to Dean Forest 2015.
 	1964 	Hunslet 	3890 	NCB 	66 	Buckinghamshire Railway Centre 	 	Green 	Last Hunslet Austerity built in 1964. Boiler ticket expires in 2024.
==External links==
*Preserved UK Railway Locomotives Database
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