Preserved Overseas

The ones listed below may not be the only examples still in existence in Turkey and possibly in Iraq. There are also anything up to twenty at the bottom of the sea having been on ships sunk during the second World War.

TCCD 45161

This locomotive was built by North British Locomotive Co Ltd in 1941 for the War Department and became WD522.

Shipped on the Allioth to Turkey after being loaded onto the vessel in crates as a kit of parts at Hull.

It is preserved in Turkey on static display in Camlik Railway Museum.

TCCD 45161 at Calmik in Turkey – June 2005

TCCD 45166

This locomotive was built by North British Locomotive Co Ltd in 1940 for the War Department and became WD341.

Recovered from Sivas in December 2010 by the Churchill 8F Trust and after being towed the 850 miles to Izmir from where it was shipped to Portbury Dock at Bristol and placed in store in Barry shed.

In 2011 it was taken out of the shed to be displayed outside the old goods shed during the Barry festival

In 2012 it was sold to the Municipality of Beersheba, Israel in December 2012 and transported to Beersheba via Southampton Docks.

Currently displayed at the former Be’er Sheva Turkish Railway Station on the former Railway to Beersheba as Israel Railways No. 70414.

TCCD 45166 at Barry September 2011

TCCD 45168

This locomotive was built by North British Locomotive Co Ltd in 1940 for the War Department and became WD340.

It has been preserved in Turkey and is on static display in İzmit old railway station.

TCCD 45168 shunting at the docks in Samsu, Turkey – January 1976

IRR 1429   WD 547

This locomotive was built by the North British Locomotive Company and is one of twelve acquired by the Iraqi State (now Republic) Railways between 1945 and 1948.

There was an attempt to bring it back to Britain in 1990 but this was thwarted by the first Gulf War.

It was last heard of in 2014, when plans were being developed to cosmetically restore it in Bagdad

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