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**Numbers Carried**
Type	Number	Date From	Notes
Pre TOPS (Pre Tops)	D3470	26/08/1957
TOPS (Tops)	08385	02/1974

Locomotive Specifics

Class as Built

Subclass/Rebuild History

Class	From
08	26/08/1957

Wheels

0-6-0

Builder

Darlington Works

To Service

26/08/1957 to Ashford (74A)

Withdrawn

12/09/1988 off Doncaster (DR)

Time in Service

31 yrs , 17 dys

Cut Up

on 12/11/1993

Cut At

Gwent Demolition (Margam)

Status

Scrapped

**Allocations - WIP**
Code	Name		From Date
74A	Ashford (New)	on	26/08/1957
73C	Hither Green	4w/e	24/02/1958
	Withdrawn	on	12/09/1988

**Configuration - WIP**
Date	Configuration	Description	Additional	Diagram	Source
26/08/1957	v	Vacuum brakes

**Components**
Fitted	Component	Details	Removed	Reason Removed
26/08/1957	Power Unit IH3848

**Summary**
Start	Event	Details
26/08/1957	To Service	To service as British Railways number D3470 Built at Darlington Works Allocated to Ashford (74A)
24/02/1958	Allocation	Reallocated to Hither Green (73C)
02/1974	Renumbered	Renumbered to 08385
12/09/1988	Withdrawn	Condemned as 08385 from Doncaster (DR)
12/11/1993	Scrapped	Broken up by Gwent Demolition: Margam

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