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**Numbers Carried**
Type	Number	Date From	Notes
Pre TOPS (Pre Tops)	D2590	14/12/1959

Locomotive Specifics

Class as Built

Subclass/Rebuild History

Class	From
3' 9" engines	14/12/1959

Wheel Arrangement

0-6-0

Builder

Hunslet Engineering Co. Ltd.

To Service

14/12/1959 to Wakefield (56A)

Withdrawn

08/06/1968

Time in Service

8 yrs, 5 mths , 25 dys

Cut Up

m/e 01/1969

Cut At

Campbells (Airdrie)

Status

Scrapped

**Allocations - WIP**
Code	Name		From Date
56A	Wakefield (New)	on	14/12/1959
51A	Darlington	w/e	24/02/1962
51C	West Hartlepool	w/e	09/05/1964
64B	Haymarket	4w/e	22/04/1967
64H	Leith Central	4w/e	27/05/1967
	Withdrawn	on	08/06/1968

**Configuration - WIP**
Date	Configuration	Description	Additional	Diagram	Source
14/12/1959	v	Vacuum brakes

**Summary**
Start	Event	Details
14/12/1959	To Service	To service as British Railways number D2590 Built at Hunslet Engineering Co. Ltd. Allocated to Wakefield (56A)
24/02/1962	Allocation	Reallocated to Darlington (51A)
09/05/1964	Allocation	Reallocated to West Hartlepool (51C)
22/04/1967	Allocation	Reallocated to Haymarket (64B)
27/05/1967	Allocation	Reallocated to Leith Central (64H)
08/06/1968	Withdrawn	Condemned as 2590
01/1969	Scrapped	Broken up by Campbells: Airdrie

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