EXPORTS

EXPORTS

This page shows a couple of pictures of American Locomotives exported to Europe.

This trade began early with the Norris Brothers exporting several locomotives to the UK in the 1840's.
A major locomotive famine in the early years of the 20th Century resulted in more imports to much of Europe including:

Dala Ockelbo Norrsundets Railway No6 "Linghed" built by Baldwin in 1900, and rebuilt into the form above by
NOHAB in 1937.

The First World War was to also result in a huge influx of locomotives, especially for the narrow
gauge trench railways, several locos still exist such as the Ffestinog Railway's "Mountaineer".
The Allies realised early in World War Two that locomotives and rolling stock were to be needed if
they were ever to invade Europe successfully. The photo below shows a standard US 2-8-0 goods
loco of class S160 as preserved at Keithley.

Photo to follow when I find it!

The early diesel era was to see companies such as NOHAB adopting EMD technology and adapting
designs for the European market. The classic locomotive of this era is the NOHAB double ended
diesel, which came in two forms equivalent to the F7 and F9.

A preserved DSB example in Copenhagen in 1998

The final picture is of the latest import from America, the Class 66, built by GMD in Canada.
The photo below is of a British example at the East Anglian Railway Museum, during their
model railway exhibition in June 2001, and was taken about 9am hence the shadows.