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USA No.DS238
Built in 1943 at the Vulcan Ironworks in Pennsylvania she was shipped to Britain in the same year. Used by the Southern Railway as their No.70 in Southampton Docks she spent her whole working life at the docks. Later transferred into departmental use as No.DS238 until withdrawal in 1967 from Ashford. Sold to Barry Scrapyard she and sister No.DS237 only made its as far as Tonbridge before a hot box ended their journey. Stored in Tonbridge shed they moved to the Kent and East Sussex in 1968. Restoration to working order began in 1988 and was completed in 1994.
USA No.DS238
Built in 1943 at the Vulcan Ironworks in Pennsylvania she was shipped to Britain in the same year. Used by the Southern Railway as their No.70 in Southampton Docks she spent her whole working life at the docks. Later transferred into departmental use as No.DS238 until withdrawal in 1967 from Ashford. Sold to Barry Scrapyard she and sister No.DS237 only made its as far as Tonbridge before a hot box ended their journey. Stored in Tonbridge shed they moved to the Kent and East Sussex in 1968. Restoration to working order began in 1988 and was completed in 1994.