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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
British Railways 70030 on 19/11/1952

Names Carried
Date From Name
19/11/1952 WILLIAM WORDSWORTH

Locomotive Specifics
Designer R. Riddles
Class Britannia
Company History BR
Wheels 4-6-2
Builder Crewe Works
To Service Sat 19/11/1952 to Holyhead (6J)
Withdrawal Sat 25/06/1966
Service Life 13 yrs, 7 mths , 6 dys

Disposal
Scrapping Thu 13/10/1966 at T W Ward (Beighton)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
6J   Holyhead (New) on 19/11/1952
9A   Longsight 4w/e 27/12/1952
9A   Longsight 5w/e 03/01/1953
9A   Longsight 4w/e 21/02/1953
32A   Norwich Thorpe 4w/e 25/07/1953
32D   Yarmouth South Town 4w/e 11/10/1958
32A   Norwich Thorpe w/e 31/01/1959
31B   March w/e 17/06/1961
5A   Crewe North w/e 06/07/1963
5B   Crewe South w/e 29/05/1965
12B   Carlisle Upperby w/e 24/07/1965
     Withdrawn on 25/06/1966

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
NEW 6J Holyhead w/e 22/11/1952
ALLOC 9A Longsight 4w/e 27/12/1952
LOAN 20A Holbeck (MR) 4w/e 24/01/1953
EXLOAN 9A Longsight 4w/e 21/02/1953
LOAN 91S To Southern Region 4w/e 16/05/1953
LOAN 73A Stewarts Lane 9w/e 26/05/1953
LOAN 91E To Eastern Region 4w/e 11/07/1953
LOAN 32A Norwich Thorpe 4w/e 11/07/1953
EXLOAN 9A Longsight 4w/e 11/07/1953
ALLOC 32A Norwich Thorpe 4w/e 19/06/1954
ALLOC 32D Yarmouth South Town 4w/e 04/10/1958
ALLOC 32A Norwich Thorpe 4w/e 21/02/1959
ALLOC 31B March 4w/e 08/07/1961
ALLOC 5A Crewe North 5w/e 06/07/1963
LOAN 5A Crewe North 4w/e 27/07/1963
ALLOC 5B Crewe South 5w/e 12/06/1965
ALLOC 12B Carlisle Upperby 4w/e 07/08/1965
WDN   w/e 25/06/1966

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
04/01/1959 Doncaster Works (Yard) Erecting Shop-60162 (64B), 60003 (34A), 60035 (64B), 60017 (34A), 60145 (52A), 60103 (34A), 62030 (52C), 73000 (41B), 73155 (41C), 61122 (36A), 61971 (32A), 61889 (31B), 61820 (30F), 61890 (31B), 68987 (34B), 61162 (36A), 61846 (53A), 61409 (40B), 60001 (52A), 61158 (36A), 60526/502 (50A), 60039 (34A), 60152 (64B), 60026 (34A), 60520 (34F). Paint Shop-D3321 (52B), D3148 (51L), D5308 (34B), D6101/2 (34B), 60117 (56C), 61925 (36A), 60160 (64B), 62032 (31B). Yard-70030 (32A), 68914 (56B), 73016 (41C), 63940 (34F), D3079 (53A), 60508 (34E), 11182 (40A), 63975 (36A), 60063 (34F), 60095 (12C), 61816 (31B), 61406 (40B). Diesel Shop-E5001/2 motors in, D2050/1 motors in, 11106 (51C), 13147/51 (51L). Withdrawn-64216/7, 61606/48/22, 69493, 67397, 69544, 64201/74/6, 69551, 69593, 64205/49, 64183. SLS/195902
01/10/1961 Doncaster Works (Outside Erecting Shop) New Erecting Shop: D2399, E3067-73. Outside New Erecting Shop: 13251. Stripping Road: 43159, 60055/64/71/89, 60162, 60525, 61207/27, 61808/88, 61920, 63973, 68894, 73000, 73170. Scrap Yard-intact: 68950, 69533/85/92. Scrap Yard-being cut up: 60035/79, 61833, 64779. Crimpsal: D3447, 43062, 60080, 61361. Outside Crimpsal: D3478, 60017, 60106, 63969, 70000. Erecting Shop: D3254, D4061, D5578, D5602, D5805, 13166, 13333, 43158, 60012/33, 60050/91/2, 60128/59, 60511/3/37, 61145, 61299, 61867, 62006, 63965/80, 70035/8. Outside Erecting Shop: 61897, 70030, 73169. Weigh House : Nil. Outside Weigh House: 61075. Paint Shop: D5050, D5583, D9014, E3066, 60001, 61248. Outside Paint Shop: D5355, D5604, D5816. Works Shunters: DEPT10/1. SLS/196111

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
19/11/1952 To Service To service as British Railways Number 70030, name: WILLIAM WORDSWORTH
Built at Crewe Works
Allocated to Holyhead (6J)
   
27/12/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Longsight (9A)    
03/01/1953 Allocation Reallocated to Longsight (9A)    
21/02/1953 Allocation Reallocated to Longsight (9A)    
25/07/1953 Allocation Reallocated to Norwich Thorpe (32A)    
11/10/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Yarmouth South Town (32D)    
31/01/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Norwich Thorpe (32A)    
17/06/1961 Allocation Reallocated to March (31B)    
06/07/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Crewe North (5A)    
29/05/1965 Allocation Reallocated to Crewe South (5B)    
24/07/1965 Allocation Reallocated to Carlisle Upperby (12B)    
25/06/1966 Withdrawn Condemned as 70030    
13/10/1966 Scrapped Broken up by T W Ward: Beighton    

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