926508 USATC S160 2-8-0 'Omaha' Maroon with Transportation Corps U.S.A on Tender No.2253 (as Preserved) Steam Locomotive - DCC Sound Brand_Ancorton_Models Depth 14mm

Depth 14mm

LIVERY Green GWR & BR Smokebox Numberplate

Pack contents – 6 metres each of:

mounted in the boiler

Width - 24cm

926508 USATC S160 2-8-0 'Omaha' Maroon with Transportation Corps U.S.A on Tender No.2253 (as Preserved) Steam Locomotive - DCC Sound Brand_Ancorton_Models Depth 14mmNo. 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