- Class: USA
- Wheels: 0-6-0T
- Built: 1943, Vulcan Iron Works (No. 4432)
- Numbers Carried: USATC: 1959, SR: 64, BR: S64, 30064
- Entered Sr Service: 1946
- Arrived On Bluebell Railway: 24 October 1971
- Last Operational: Late 1984
- Left Bluebell: 27 June 2022
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Built to the designs of the US Army for wartime shunting requirements, this loco was one of several sold off as surplus after WWII to the SR which required replacements for the B4s which were used to shunt Southampton Docks. Modified for British usage these were very successful, and following the introduction of diesel shunters at Southampton most found use elsewhere in departmental service or as loco-shed shunters.
30064 ended its days as Eastleigh Works shunter, and on withdrawal in 1967 it was sold to the Southern Loco Preservation Co. Ltd. After several years in Hampshire it came to the Bluebell along with the other SLP Co. stock, which is now owned by the Bluebell. Following a number of years in use on the Bluebell, it was stored awaiting major boiler work. In 2003 it was repainted into wartime livery as WD 1959. It left the Bluebell on 27 June 2022, having been sold on to a new owner who was in a position to restore the locomotive to operational condition over the following 5-6 years, and we then hope to see the locomotive run on the Bluebell at times.
