Lot 212 Cast Iron Worksplate from a Corp of Army Engineers WW2 USA 0-6-0 tank locomotive USA/TC No 6098 built by H.K.Porter as works number 7678 in February 1944. It was shipped direct to continental Europe and landed there in late 1944/early 1945. By April 1945 it was in store at Ronet in Belgium. Disposal began in 1946 with SNCF taking a number into stock. By 1947 a total of 77 were in use on the French Railways including 6098. It was purchased by SNCF in 1948 becoming their number 030TU24 allocated to the Nord Region. The locomotive was withdrawn from Aulnoye Depot by 1970.

 

  Lot sold for £200