Steph said:
...Swindon Works drawings as many of the locos were prepared there after their journey across the pond.
Large numbers also passed through Eastleigh after arrival at Southampton. Later, other works were involved preparing them for their journey to France in 1944/45 via Dover.
Col said:
I'm sure there was an article in BRILL mag some years back, I'll scan it when I find it.
Col, please may I have a copy of the scan as well?
Yes, as Steph has alluded to, I have built the DJH S160 in HO with another one waiting
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I have been gathering information on these locos for a few years now and so far I have both of Tourret's books as mentioned by Diafly. I also have a small book just over A5 size 80 pages - Over Here The Story of the S160 by R N Higgins ISBN 0 097224 00 8. First published in 1980 by Big Jim Publishing Ltd, Rochdale. I think this is the one referred to by Mick.
I did approach the Army museum in the US but they could only provide a few photographs of the locos operating on the the US Army's Fort Eustis camp.
The other option is to try and find out in which archive the Baldwin, Alco and Lima drawings ended up (if they still exist).
Detail differences do exist
. The most noticeable being the stepped running plate on the drivers side to accommodate the screw reverser although these never ran in the UK as they were shipped directly to mainland Europe. Not to mention the different ash pan for oil fired variants.
I would be nice to have an O scale version
to finish as one of the six allocated to Exmouth Junction between December 1943 and January 1944.
Incidentally the K&VWR S160 is currently undergoing a overhaul which I managed to photograph in Haworth Yard (a stones throw from me) just before it entered the workshop.
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