NCB North East - VF5300 - 59 Irish Mark 2 Coaches The Austerity was acquired by

The Austerity was acquired by a group of members from the Dean Forest Railway and was delivered to Parkend in 1976

at a maximum speed of 80mph

Over the next seven years

Gearing arranged so locomotive can achieve a realistic scale speed

this was to be “G

NCB North East - VF5300 - 59 Irish Mark 2 Coaches The Austerity was acquired byThis Austerity was another wartime product, this time from the Vulcan foundry, Newton le Willows. It was completed in 1945 and allocated the WD number 75310. Following war dept service, the locomotive was purchased by the NCB and allocated to number 6 area, North West Durham. Particular to this area is the cut back cabs on all locomotives for working the restricted clearance of the tunnel on the entrance to Lambton coal drops at the port of