USATC S160 Class

The United States Army Transportation Corps S160 Class was a 2-8-0 Consolidation type steam locomotive designed for heavy freight work on the wrecked railways of wartime Europe. Major J. W. Marsh of the Corps of Engineers designed it on austerity principles, with cast frames, rolled plates in place of castings and quick, efficient construction. Of the 2,120 built, 800 were made in 1942 and 1943 in thirteen batches split between ALCO, Baldwin and the Lima Locomotive Works, shipped to Britain and later sent on to the continent after D-Day. The class went on to work in Africa, Asia, Europe and South America, and many railways, among them the Hungarian MAV and the Italian FS, kept their share after the war.