To see a video on this loco & the history of the original Scroll down The S100 type steam locomotives have been developed in the US for the United States Army Transportation Corps USATC by the Davenport Locomotive Works & the Vulcan Iron Works They have been built for the service in Europe & North Africa during the Second World War Via Great Britain the locomotives have been delivered by ship to France From there they have been distributed over Germany to Austria Italy Greece & Yugoslavia Even countries like Iran Irak Israel & China owned engines of that type Also in Russia broad gauge & Spain rebuilt for a local narrow gauge line some locomotive could be found Several state railways SNCF BB FS used the locomotive after the war partially until the 1970s iframe width 560 height 315 srchttpwwwyoutubecomembed 3Y0m 1zr X3M frameborder 0 allowfullscreeniframe