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Three of the developed world's last commercial steam locomotives of the United Kingdom, Japan and the Commonwealth of Australia together. The locomotives were National Coal Board (NCB) Hunslet Austerity 0-6-0ST 'Joseph' (Hunslet 3136 of 1944), Japanese National Railways (JNR) D51 class 2-8-2 No. D51 241 (JNR Ohmiya in 1939) and South Maitland Railways (SMR) 10 class 2-8-2T No. 25 (Beyer Peacock 6126 of 1923). Out of these three, No. D51 241 is the only one that doesn't exist anymore, with the locomotive scrapped in 1976 following a fire at Oiwake depot in Hokkaido Prefecture, being replaced for preservation with sister engine D51 320. SMR No. 25, retired in 1987, became famous after being "hijacked" by Richmond Vale Railway employees of Coal & Allied in an attempt to both save their jobs and the railway (indicated by No. 25 having the Eureka Flag and her whistle blowing, symbolising how the RVR didn't go quietly).

'Joseph' is currently preserved on the Kent & East Sussex Railway (KE&SR) under the identity of WD No. 132 'Sapper' and at the time of upload, is still operational under this identity.

The livery on D51 241 is based on the one seen in the MMD film "The Last Degoichi" by ejima8 , which the voiced JP dub (if an announcement for an EN dub happens, I'll put my name for it) and a recent watching of 'Return to Richmond Vale' by NBN News of Newcastle (NSW, Australia) being the reasons for making this scene.

Sprites: flamming111 , ghosttrainhunter , wyattloughrie , Myself
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Description
Three of the developed world's last commercial steam locomotives of the United Kingdom, Japan and the Commonwealth of Australia together. The locomotives were National Coal Board (NCB) Hunslet Austerity 0-6-0ST 'Joseph' (Hunslet 3136 of 1944), Japanese National Railways (JNR) D51 class 2-8-2 No. D51 241 (JNR Ohmiya in 1939) and South Maitland Railways (SMR) 10 class 2-8-2T No. 25 (Beyer Peacock 6126 of 1923). Out of these three, No. D51 241 is the only one that doesn't exist anymore, with the locomotive scrapped in 1976 following a fire at Oiwake depot in Hokkaido Prefecture, being replaced for preservation with sister engine D51 320. SMR No. 25, retired in 1987, became famous after being "hijacked" by Richmond Vale Railway employees of Coal & Allied in an attempt to both save their jobs and the railway (indicated by No. 25 having the Eureka Flag and her whistle blowing, symbolising how the RVR didn't go quietly).

'Joseph' is currently preserved on the Kent & East Sussex Railway (KE&SR) under the identity of WD No. 132 'Sapper' and at the time of upload, is still operational under this identity.

The livery on D51 241 is based on the one seen in the MMD film "The Last Degoichi" by ejima8 , which the voiced JP dub (if an announcement for an EN dub happens, I'll put my name for it) and a recent watching of 'Return to Richmond Vale' by NBN News of Newcastle (NSW, Australia) being the reasons for making this scene.

Sprites: flamming111 , ghosttrainhunter , wyattloughrie , Myself
Background: Swiftwin4ds