The Liberation Class was a class of 2-8-0 steam locomotives designed for heavy freight work in post-Second World War Europe. 120 were built by the Vulcan Foundry of Newton-le-Willows in 1946. Design They shared some features with the earlier WD Austerity 2-8-0 and WD Austerity 2-10-0 which in turn had been based on the LMS Stanier Class 8F. They were however built to the continental loading gauge, but the design was intended to last, not a short-term kriegslok. Distribution Ten went to Luxembourg and the rest to Eastern Europe. The United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration distributed them as follows: 10 to as Luxembourg as CFL class 47 65 to Yugoslavia as JŽ class 38; Đuro Đaković built 10 more 1957–1958 30 to Poland as PKP class Tr202 15 Czechoslovakia as ČSD class 459.0 Preservation One liberation class locomotive remains in Krakow, Poland TR202-19 built in 1946. A second (also not in working condition) is in Jaworzyna Slask, Lower Silesia, South West Poland Tr202-28. References External links Tr202 CFL class 47 Vulcan Foundry Publicity Leaflet on the Liberation Class Freight locomotives Vulcan Foundry locomotives 2-8-0 locomotives Railway locomotives introduced in 1946 Steam locomotives of Czechoslovakia Steam locomotives of Luxembourg Steam locomotives of Poland Steam locomotives of Yugoslavia Standard gauge locomotives of Yugoslavia Standard gauge locomotives of Czechoslovakia Standard gauge locomotives of Luxembourg Standard gauge locomotives of Poland Chemins de fer luxembourgeois locomotives Czechoslovak State Railways locomotives Polish State Railways steam locomotives