Bachmann EFE Rail E85006 Army 92 Waggoner Hunslet Austerity 0-6-0ST Saddle Tank Shunting Engine Army Green OO
The Hunslet 'Austerity' 0-6-0 saddle tank locomotives were ordered by the Ministry of Supply during WW2 as a standard heavy shunting engine. Hunslet based the design on shunting engines they had built for the steel industry in the late 1930s. They were simple, robust and powerful engines, well suited to heavy shunting tasks, with wheels large enough for local goods service.
After WW2 a number of these engines were retained by the British Army for shunting in their depots. This model is finished in army green livery as number 92 Waggoner. This engine worked at Longmoor initially, before moving to Histon and later Bicester depots, being officially retired to the army transport museum in 1984. Subsequently Waggoner was loaned to the Isle of Wight Railway and restored to service, with ownership passing to the Isle of Wight line in 2005.
lined blue livery as number 195 working on the Longmoor Military Railway in Hampshire. decoder required for DCC operation.