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The Stanier Class 8F is a type of 2-8-0 steam locomotive, which would form several different classes with different railways in different countries. Originally, the LMS Stanier Class 8F was introduced in 1935. On the outbreak of the Second World War, the War Department adopted the design as its standard heavy freight engine, expecting to use the WD Stanier Class 8F in mainland Europe. The Fall of France meant that these engines were instead lent to the LMS. Later during the war, the WD requisitioned LMS built 8Fs and sent them abroad, mostly to Iran.