Mister No's Pics & Vids

Rosie is especially important to me, because some locomotives of her class arrived in Yugoslavia, and some were built here, by Đuro Đaković, Industry of rail vehicles, industrial and energy plants and steel structures in Slavonski Brod, Croatia.

Thus, for example, the former USATC 6171 served as a locomotive of the Yugoslav Railways JŽ 62-070 in Zagorje coal mines:





Several of them have been preserved in Slovenia: this one (JŽ 62-119) worked in Kidričevo, before being displayed next to the Dobova sheds:




One beautifully restored "Rosie" (JŽ 62-084, actually) is on display at the station in Gračac, Croatia:



Wikipedia:

The „Jugoslavenske željeznice“ (JŽ; Yugoslavian Railways) class 62 was a class formed of 106 ex-United States Army Transportation Corps S100 Class 0-6-0T steam locomotives, surplus after the Second World War, plus about 90 similar examples built by Đuro Đaković of Slavonski Brod, Croatia between 1952 and 1961.

These Yugoslav-built examples differ in minor details, but principally the use of plate frames instead of bar frames, resulting in a higher boiler pitch. This in turn leads to distinct shoulder on the steam pipes (the American-built examples having straight steam pipes) and smaller domes which have a flat top so they are not higher than the cab roof.

Several of these engines survive, but one 62-669, built in 1960 was bought by a preservation group in England and has been modified to resemble a Southern Railway USA class, and become "No. 30075", one higher than the last British Railways example. Another one has since followed:
- 62-669 (built 1960) Shillingstone Railway Project "30075"
- 62-521 (built 1954) Shillingstone Railway Project "30076"



Back to the Plarail Rosie - here is the video: