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Railway Operating Division (Royal Engineers) - ROD 2-8-0 steam locomotive Nr. 1680 in France during WWI (Robert Stephenson Locomotive Works 3724 / 1918)

The Railway Operating Division (ROD) 2-8-0 was the standard type of heavy freight steam locomotive which was operated in Europe by the Royal Engineers during the First World War

 

ROD Nr. 1680 was ordered new from Robert Stephenson and received the works number 3724 in 1918. It became LNER Nr. 6322 in 1924 and War Department (WD) Nr. 752 in 1941. It was retired from service in September of the same year

 

This photo is from the collection of 3892 Sgt. Major Harold Isted Hopper RFC / RAF & RNAS (1915-1919) and shows the locomotive on active duty in France

 

Please visit the following websites for more details:

 

www.brdatabase.info/locoqry.php?action=locodata&type=...

 

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ROD_2-8-0

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