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British-Built Steam Locomotives Repatriated From Overseas

A compilation by Mike Hudson, 2022

 

Railway
Builder/Date

Whyte
Configuration

Gauge mm

Number/Name

Location

ANTIGUA

KS 857/1904

0-4-2ST

762

Sir Neville Lubbock

Corris

KS 1098/1910

0-4-2ST

762

Gunthorpes

PVT Staffordshire

KS 1313/1916

0-4-2ST

762

6 Lucy

PVT Staffordshire

KS 3025/1917

0-4-2ST

762

Brazil /Edith

PVT Staffordshire

KS 4404/1927

0-6-2T

762

12  Joan

W&L Welshpool

AUSTRALIA

Queensland

Hunslet 1215/1916 (*Contains parts of 314 -Hunslet 1226/1916)

4-6-0T  

600

WDLR 303 (314*)

Apedale

 

 

 

Apedale

Avonside 1909/1922

0-4-0ST

600

Farleigh Sugar

Bala Lake

Fowler 16341/1925

0-4-2T

600

Tully Sugar  5 Alice

Killamarsh

Tasmania

BP 5292/1909

0-4-4-0BG

600

K1

Statfold

RSH 7430/1951

4-6-2

1067

M2

Tanfield

CAMEROON

HE 3756/1952

0-4-2PT

600

No. 1

Statfold

HE 3758/1952

0-4-2PT

600

No. 3

Pvt Bicester

CHINA

VF 4674/1935

4-8-4

1435

KF1-7 was 607

NRM York

EGYPT

Sentinel 9518/1950 3-car artic

Railcar

1435

5208

Quainton Road

FIJI

HC 972/1912

0-6-0

600

Lautoka 11

Statfold

HC 1056/1914

0-4-0ST

600

Lautoka 19

Statfold

Fowler 10249/1905

0-6-0T+T

600

Lautoka

P.Rampton

FRANCE

KS 2405/1915

0-6-0T

600

Commission de Ravitaillement

West Lancs

KS 2442/1915

0-6-0T

600

Commission de Ravitaillement

Vale of Teifi

KS 2451/1915

0-6-0T

600

Commission de Ravitaillement

Woody Bay

KS 3010/1916

0-6-0T

600

Commission de Ravitaillement

Statfold

KS 3014/1916

0-6-0T

600

Commission de Ravitaillement

Apedale

GHANA

HC 1238/1916

0-6-0WT

610

Ashanti Goldfields

Apedale

GREECE

NBL 25438/1943

2-10-0

1435

WD 73652/SEK 951

North Norfolk

NBL 25458/1944

2-10-0

1435

WD 73672/SEK 960

North York Moors

HONG KONG/PHILIPPINES

Bagnall 2228/1924

0-4-4T

610

18BG

Aberystwyth

INDIA

Bagnall 2029/1916

2-6-2T

762

Kalighat Falta AK16

P.Rampton

Bagnall 2457/1932

4-6-2

600

Gwalior 38

P.Rampton

Bagnall 2460/1932

4-6-2

600

Gwalior 41

P.Rampton

Baguley 2007/1921

0-4-0T

600

3 Rishra

Leighton Buzzard

HC 1172/1924 

0-6-0T

600

(Calcutta)

PVT Hampshire

KS 4408/1928

0-6-4T

762

Bengal Nagpur (IR695)

P.Rampton

NBL 17111/1906

4-6-2

762

Bengal Nagpur (IR666)

P.Rampton

SS 3518/1888

0-4-0SWT

600

Darjeeling 19 B (IR 778)

Statfold

INDONESIA

Hunslet 3902/1971
Last commercial built steam export

0-4-2ST

600*

Trangkil No.4

Statfold

 

(*Built 750)

 

 

MOZAMBIQUE

Falcon 265/1897

4-4-0

600

Beira Rly

P.Rampton

Falcon 266/1897

4-4-0

600

Beira Rly

P.Rampton

Fowler 11938/1909

0-4-2T

600*

21

P.Rampton

Fowler 13573/1912

0-4-2T

600*

Sena Sugar

Bredgar &Wormshill

Fowler 15513/1920

0-4-2T

600*

48 (16)

West Lancs

Fowler 15515/1920

0-6-2T

600

23

P.Rampton

Fowler 18800/1930

0-6-0WT

600

Lugella Sisal

P.Rampton

NETHERLANDS

Hunslet 3155/1944

0-6-0ST

1435

WD 75105/NS 8815

Ribble

PAKISTAN

Fowler 15991/1923

0-6-0WT

600

Karachi Port Trust No.6

West Lancs

VF 2759/1911

4-4-0

1676

NWR/PR SPS 3157

MOSI Manchester

SIERRA LEONE

Hunslet 3815/1954

2-6-2T

762

85

W&L Welshpool

SOUTH AFRICA

BP 6639/1930

4-8-2+2-8-4BG

1067

SAR GL 2352

MOSI Manchester

Dübs 3819/1900

4-8-2T

1067

NGR 133/ SAR 196

Woking, Mizens

NBL 25546/1944

4-8-2

1067

SAR 15F 3007

Glasgow

NBL 27291/1953

4-8-4

1067

SAR 25NC 3405

Quainton Road

NBL 27770/1957

4-8-2+2-8-4BG

1067

SAR GMA 4112

Coatbridge

BP 6919/1939

2-6-2+2-6-2BG

600

SAR NGG16 109

Crewe

BP 6925/1939

2-6-2+2-6-2BG

600

SAR NGG16 115

Exmoor

BP 7431/1951

2-6-2+2-6-2BG

600

SAR NGG16 130

Exmoor

BP 7863/1958

2-6-2+2-6-2BG

600

SAR NGG16 138

Welsh Highland/FR 

BP 7865/1958

2-6-2+2-6-2BG

600

SAR NGG16 140

Welsh Highland/FR

BP 7868/1958

2-6-2+2-6-2BG

600

SAR NGG16 143

Welsh Highland/FR

Avonside 1720/1915

0-4-0T

600

Sezela No.2

PVT Reading

Avonside 1738/1915

0-4-0T

600

Sezela No.4

Leighton Buzzard

Avonside 1928/1923

0-4-0T

600

Sezela No.6

PVT Reading

Avonside 1986/1926

0-4-0T

600

Renishaw No. 2

Richmond Farm 1

Avonside 2057/1931

0-4-4-0VCG

600

Renishaw No. 4

P.Rampton

Bagnall 2287/1926

4-4-0T

600

Sinembe

Teifi

Bagnall 2545/1936

0-4-4-0T Meyer

600

Renishaw No. 5

P.Rampton

Bagnall 2627/1940

4-4-0T

600

A Boulle

PVT Middlesbrough

Bagnall 2819/1946

4-4-0T

600

Charles Wytock

PVT Middlesbrough

Bagnall 2810/1946

4-4-0T

600

5 Isibutu

Statfold

Bagnall 2895/1948

0-4-2T

600

Rustenburg No.2

P.Rampton

Bagnall 3023/1953

0-4-2T

600

Rustenburg

FR Porthmadog

Bagnall 3050/1953

0-4-2T

600

Rustenburg

WHHR Porthmadog

Hunslet 1859/1937

0-4-2T

600

UVE 1

Alston

Hunslet 2075/1940

0-4-2T

600

Chakas Kraal No.6

Toddington

Fowler 13355/1912

0-4-2T

600

Saccharine
Mt Edgcumbe

Statfold

SPAIN

Black Hawthorn 748/1883

0-4-0T

600*

Escucha No.11

Tanfield

 

 

*built 630

Huelva Copper

 

HC 639/1903

0-4-2ST

600*

No.4 San Justo

P.Rampton

HC 640/1903

0-4-2ST

600*

No.5 Santa Ana

P.Rampton

 

 

*built 550

San Salvador Iron

 

SWEDEN

VF 5200/1945

2-8-0

1435

WD 79257/SJ 1931

KWVR

TRINIDAD

Hunslet 1540/1927

2-6-2T

1435

Picton

Middleton

TURKEY

NBL 24648/1941

2-8-0

1435

WD 348/TCDD 45160

Glos Warks

NBL 24755/1942

2-8-0

1435

WD 554/ TCDD 45170

Boness

ZAMBIA

SS 4150/1896

4-8-0

1067

CGR 390

NRM Shildon

ZIMBABWE

Peckett 2024/1942

0-4-2T

600

Rhodesia Chrome

WHHR Porthmadog

1 Hawkenbury, for sale Nov. 2020

We know that lists such as this can become outdated very quickly.  If you know of any amendments, please email them to borht.org@gmail.com

Photographs of some of the repatriated locomotives, copyright Mike Hudson and Julian Rainbow unless otherwise noted.

4-8-2 NBL 25546/1944

South African Railways 4-8-2, Class 15F, No. 3007, NBL 25546/1944 at Glasgow Transport Museum on 13th March, 2013. (JJR photo)

4-8-2+2-8+4 NBL 27770/1957

South African Railways 4-8-2+2-8-4 Class GMA  No. 4112 NBL 27770/1957 at Summerlee Museum, Coatbridge on 5th July 2015. (JJR photo)

 

2-8-0, NBL 24755/1942

WD 554/ TCDD 45170, 2-8-0 NBL 24755/1942 at Boness Museum on 5th July 2015. (JJR photo)

2-10-0, NBL 25458/1944

WD 73672/ SEK 960,  2-10-0 NBL 25458/1944. Seen here at Railfest, York in June 2004.  (MH photo)

0-6-0T, KS 3014/1916

Commission de Ravitaillement KS3014/1916, 0-6-0T at Swords to Ploughshares, Apedale Light Railway on 28th June, 2019. (JJR photo)

4-6-0T Hunslet 1215/1916

WDLR 4-6-0T No. 303 Hunslet 1215/1916 at Apedale Light Railway at the Swords to Ploughshares event on 30th June, 2019.

0-4-4-0 BP 5292/1909

Tasmanian Government Railway 0-4-4-0 Class K1, BP 5292/1909 at the Indian Festival, Statfold Barn on 11th June, 2022. (JJR photo)

0-4-4-0 BP 5292/1909

Tasmanian Government Railway 0-4-4-0 Class K1, BP 5292/1909 at Caernarfon in August 2008.  (MH photo)

0-6-0 HC 972/1912

Lautoka Sugar Refinery No. 11, 0-6-0, HC 972/1912, at the Indian Festival, Statfold Barn on 11th June, 2022. (JJR photo)

0-4-0SR HC 1056/1914

Lautoka Sugar Refinery 0-4-0ST, HC 1056/1914 at the Indian Festival, Statfold Barn on 11th June, 2022. (JJR photo)

4-4-0T Bagnall 2810/1946

Isibutu, Tongaat Sugar Mills, Bagnall, 4-4-0T, 2810/1946 at Statfold Barn on 11th June, 2022. (JJR photo)

4-8-4, NBL 27291/1953

South African Railways 4-8-4 Class 25NC 3405, NBL 27291/1953 at Quainton Railway Centre on 22nd December, 2013.  (JJR photo)

Railcar, Sentinel 9518/1950

Egyptian State Railways Sentinel Railcar 9518/1950 Set No. 5208 at Quainton Railway Centre on 25th April, 1999.  (MH photo)

4-8-4 VF 4674/1935

Chinese Railways 4-8-4 KF1-7 was 607, VF 4674/1935 at the National Railway Museum, York, on 30th June, 2011. (JJR photo)

0-6-0WT HC 1238/1916

Ashanti Goldfields 0-6-0WT HC1238/1916 at Apedale Light Railway on 12th September, 2014. (JJR photo)

4-8-2+2-8-4 BP 6639/1930

South African Railways 4-8-2+2-8-4 Class GL, No. 2352, BP 6639/1930 at Manchester Museum of Science and Industry for the Great Garratt Gathering 15th August 2009. (JJR photo)

 

4-4-0 VF 2759/1911

North-Western Railway (India)/Pakistan Railway, 4-4-0 SPS 3157, VF 2759/1911 at the Great Garratt Gathering at Manchester Museum of Science and Industry 15th August, 2009. (JJR photo)

 

0-4-2T Fowler 13572/1912

Sena Sugar Estates, 0-4-2T, Fowler, 13573/1912 backs down onto the turntable at Bredgar on the Bredgar and Wormshill Railway on 26th October, 2014. (JJR photo)

2-6-2T Hunslet 3815/1954

Sierra Leone Government Railway 2-6-2T, No. 85 Hunslet 3815/1954 at NRM Shildon for the Sierra Leone Festival on 8th September, 2012. (JJR photo)

4-8-0 SS 4150/1896

Cape Government Railways 4-8-0 7th Class No. 390 SS 4150/1896.  Later worked on the Zambezi Sawmills Railways at NRM Shildon for the Sierra Leone Festival on 8th September, 2012. (JJR photo)

0-4-0T HE 1738/1915

Crookes Renishaw No. 2, 600mm, 0-4-0T, AE 1986/1926 seen here on 13th October, 1971.  Left South Africa in October 2019.  (MH photo)

0-4-0T HE 1738/1915

Reynolds Bros. Sezela No. 4, 600mm, 0-4-0T, HE 1738/1915, seen on site 3rd October 1971. (MH photo)

0-4-4T Bagnall 2228/1924

Victorias Milling Com., Manapla, 18-BG, 610mm, 0-4-4T, Bagnall 2228/1924, built for a tramway in Hong-Kong which closed soon after.  Seen here on 24th February, 1978.  (MH photo)

RSH 7430/1951

The Tasmanian Government Railway M2 RSH 7430/1951 is a kit of parts at Tanfield.  Seen here is her sister TGR M4 RSH 7424/1951) at the Don River Railway Museum on 5th November, 1991.  (MH photo).
 

0-4-0WT SS 3518/1888

Darjeeling Himalaya Railway 19 B 0-4-0SWT, SS 3518/1888, 600mm, seen here at Railfest, York, on 5th June, 2004.  (MH photo)

0-4-2ST HE 3902/1971

Trangkil No. 4 the last commercial steam export, 0-4-2ST,  HE 3902/1971, seen here at Statfold on 18th March, 2006.  (MH photo)

 

0-4-2ST HE 3902/1971

Statfold Barn 'Trangkil No 4' HE 3902-1971 arriving at balloon loop, 18-09-2010 (Tim Edmonds photo)

 

4-8-2T Dübs 3819/1900

Natal Government Railway/South African Railways 4-8-2T, Dübs 3819/1900 seen here at Mizens, Woking on Inauguration Day 23rd July, 2011.  (MH photo).

 

0-4-2T JF 13355/1912

Statfold Barn 'Saccharine' JF 13355-1912 heads for the fields 18-09-2010(Tim Edmonds photo)

 

2-6-2+2-6-2 BP 7868/1958

WHR NG143 BP 7868-1958 11.55 ex Hafod-y-Llyn at Aberglaslyn Pass 29-05-2009 (Tim Edmonds photo)

 

4-4-0T WB 2819/1946

Woody Bay 'Charles Wytock' WB 2819-1946 outside loco shed 21-07-2015 (Tim Edmonds photo)

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