[2] They were meant to fill a gap of usable locomotives after the nationalization of the Italian railways.

2712 was a member of the 240 Class,[5] which had been given a number in the wrong series as the result of a clerk's error.

[9] All returned to service with the MR except 2765, which was scrapped at Derby in 1920 after suffering broken frames during its time with the ROD.

[10] One engine, 2717, was cut off in No man's land during the Battle of Cambrai in November 1917 and was subsequently captured by the German army during Operation Michael.

Recovered after the war, the engine was returned to the MR.[11] None of the 700 Class locomotives survived into preservation, but a tender from No.