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USATC 2253 'Omaha' (Let 'Er Roll - Sid King and The Five Strings)

Video and still pictures of USATC 2253 parked on a siding of the North Yorkshire Moors Railway, Esk Valley, England, November, 2013, prior to renovation. Music is 'Let 'Er Roll!' by Sid King and The Five Strings, released on Columbia, 1956. USATC 2253 USA heavy freight locomotive US Army Class S160 loco number 2253 was a United States Army Transportation 2-8-0 locomotive. 2253 was built by The Baldwin Locomotive Works, Philadelphia, USA, in 1943 (works no. BLW 69496) and shipped to Britain aboard the Norfolk which arrived in Hull in May 1943. It worked on the LNER from its base at Neville Hill depot at Leeds. Following being returned to USATC stock it was shipped to France in September 1944. Following the end of the Second World War 2253 was bought by Polish State Railway and became TR203-288. It was brought to Britain from Poland in 1992 following a major overhaul, running on the NYMR for the next 10 years. After being cosmetically restored on the NYMR it was loaned to the National Railway Museum and put on static display at Locomotion Shildon as part of a Second World War display. The locomotive took part in the 2019 Annual Steam Gala before heading to its new home at the Dartmouth Steam Railway. 2253 has been named OMAHA after the USA state and the name of one of the Normandy beaches American troops landed on D-Day, 6th June 1944. - from North Yorks Moors Railway Website