926008 USATC S160 2-8-0 'Omaha' Maroon with Transportation Corps U.S.A on Tender No.2253 (as Preserved) Steam Locomotive Controllers-and-Transformers is emblazoned on the side

is emblazoned on the side

an L1 front step

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one locomotive set a new UK haulage record for a single locomotive of 4639 tonnes

*Uncoupling Sequence operates the Auto-Release Couplings

926008 USATC S160 2-8-0 'Omaha' Maroon with Transportation Corps U.S.A on Tender No.2253 (as Preserved) Steam Locomotive Controllers-and-Transformers is emblazoned on the sideNo. 2253 arrived in the UK in May 1943, where it was loaned to the LNER and based at Neville Hill in Leeds. It was returned to the USATC in September 1944 and sent to France, eventually working for the SNCB at Aarschot. The engine was later bought by the Polish State Railway and became TR203 288. No. 2253 returned to the UK in 1992 and entered traffic on the NYMR for a short period. The locomotive was later sold to Peter Best and cosmetically restored