Austerity Locomotive "Sapper" at Oldland Common
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Austerity Locomotive "Sapper" at Oldland Common
Image: © David Dixon Taken: 18 Jul 2021
Hunslet Austerity class locomotive WD132 "Sapper", built in 1844, working on the Avon Valley Railway at Oldland Common. Sapper is an example of a Hunslet Engine Company Austerity 0-6-0ST, a steam locomotive designed for shunting. The class became the standard British shunting locomotive during the Second World War, Sapper was built in 1944 for the War Department by the Hunslet Engine Company of Leeds. Works number 3153, the WD gave her the number 75103. She was renumbered 132 after the war. After her military service, she was purchased by the National Coal Board for colliery work alongside many of her sisters. She has the distinction of being the last steam locomotive in industrial service in the UK, being taken out of use from Bold Colliery in 1984.
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Image Location
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51.442996
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-2.467857