| Liberation class 2-8-0 locomotive | |
| Powertype: | Steam |
| Builder: | Vulcan Foundry (120), Đuro Đaković (10) |
| Builddate: | 1946 (120), 1957–58 (10) |
| Serialnumber: | VF 5357–5476 |
| Whytetype: | 2-8-0 |
| Uicclass: | 1′D h2 |
| Driverdiameter: | 4feet |
| Watercap: | 5500abbr=onNaNabbr=on |
| Cylindercount: | Two, outside |
| Cylindersize: | 21.625x |
| Boilerpressure: | 2322NaN2 |
| Tractiveeffort: | 452001NaN1 |
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.
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.
Ten went to Luxembourg and the rest to Eastern Europe. The United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration distributed them as follows:
One Liberation class locomotive remains in Kraków, Poland Tr202-19 built in 1946.[1] A second (also not in working condition) is in Jaworzyna Slask, Lower Silesia, South West Poland Tr202-28.[2]