926008 USATC S160 2-8-0 'Omaha' Maroon with Transportation Corps U.S.A on Tender No.2253 (as Preserved) Steam Locomotive Controllers-and-Transformers 2 contact wires 33

2 contact wires 33

*Uncoupling Sequence operates the Auto-Release Couplings

Powerful five-pole KATO motor with dual brass flywheels

they were reluctant to let them go

The LokSound 5 XL decoder supplies ample current for the motor

926008 USATC S160 2-8-0 'Omaha' Maroon with Transportation Corps U.S.A on Tender No.2253 (as Preserved) Steam Locomotive Controllers-and-Transformers 2 contact wires 33No. 2253 arrived in the UK in May 1943, where it was loaned to the LNER and based at Neville Hill in Leeds. It was returned to the USATC in September 1944 and sent to France, eventually working for the SNCB at Aarschot. The engine was later bought by the Polish State Railway and became TR203 288. No. 2253 returned to the UK in 1992 and entered traffic on the NYMR for a short period. The locomotive was later sold to Peter Best and cosmetically restored