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Numbers Carried
Type Number Date From Notes
Pre TOPS (Pre Tops) D424 21/05/1968  
TOPS (Tops) 50024 16/02/1974  

Names Carried
Name Date From
Vanguard 15/05/1978

Locomotive Specifics
Class as Built 50
Subclass/Rebuild History
ClassFrom
5021/05/1968
Wheels Co-Co
Builder English Electric Vulcan Foundry
To Service 21/05/1968 to Western Lines (LMR) (WL)
Withdrawn 01/02/1991
Time in Service 22 yrs, 8 mths , 11 dys
Cut Up 06/07/1991
Cut At Coopers Metals (at Old Oak Common)
Status Scrapped

Allocations - WIP
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
WL   Western Lines (LMR) (New) on 21/05/1968
D05   Stoke Division on 17/06/1968
BR   Bristol Bath Road w/e 11/05/1974
LA   Laira w/e 08/05/1976
     Withdrawn on 01/02/1991

Configuration - WIP
Date Configuration Description Additional Diagram Source
21/05/1968 xes Dual brakes, Electric Train Heating, Slow Speed Control BR AWS    


Summary
Start Event Details Source See Also
21/05/1968 To Service To service as British Railways number D424
Built at English Electric Vulcan Foundry
Allocated to Western Lines (LMR) (WL)
   
17/06/1968 Allocation Reallocated to Stoke Division (D05)    
16/02/1974 Renumbered Renumbered to 50024    
11/05/1974 Allocation Reallocated to Bristol Bath Road (BR)    
08/05/1976 Allocation Reallocated to Laira (LA)    
15/05/1978 Naming Named 'Vanguard' at Laira    
01/02/1991 Withdrawn Condemned as 50024    
06/07/1991 Scrapped Broken up by Coopers Metals: at Old Oak Common    

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