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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
British Railways 75020 on 13/11/1953

Locomotive Specifics
Designer R. Riddles
Class Standard Class 4
Company History BR
Wheels 4-6-0
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 400
To Service Sat 13/11/1953 to Oswestry (89A)
Withdrawal w/e Sat 03/08/1968
Service Life 14 yrs, 8 mths , 21 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 11/1968 at Campbells (Airdrie)

Tenders
Type Number From Company Water Coal
BR2 884 13/11/1953 BR 3,500g 6t 0cwt

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
89A   Oswestry (New) on 13/11/1953
6E   Chester West 4w/e 06/09/1958
84E   Tyseley w/e 11/04/1959
89C   Machynlleth 4w/e 11/07/1959
89B   Croes Newydd w/e 09/03/1963
5D   Stoke w/e 16/01/1965
6D   Shrewsbury w/e 03/01/1966
8L   Aintree w/e 11/03/1967
10A   Carnforth w/e 17/06/1967
     Withdrawn w/e 03/08/1968

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 89A Oswestry 4w/e 28/11/1953
NEW 91W To Western Region / GWR m/e 30/11/1953
LOAN 6E Chester West 4w/e 06/09/1958
ALLOC 91M To London Midland Region m/e 30/09/1958
ALLOC 6E Chester West 4w/e 04/10/1958
ALLOC 84E Tyseley 4w/e 18/04/1959
ALLOC 91W To Western Region / GWR m/e 30/04/1959
ALLOC 91W To Western Region / GWR 5w/e 02/05/1959
ALLOC 89C Machynlleth 4w/e 11/07/1959
ALLOC 89B Croes Newydd 4w/e 30/03/1963
ALLOC SD   3w/e 06/02/1965
ALLOC 6D Shrewsbury 5w/e 08/01/1966
ALLOC 8L Aintree 5w/e 08/04/1967
ALLOC 10A Carnforth 4w/e 08/07/1967
WDN 10A Carnforth w/e 03/08/1968

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
14/11/1958 Derby Works (Erecting shop-1 bay) 14th Nov. Paint shop- 42524 I, 43975 G, 47438 I, D3561 New, D5003/4 New. D/E shop- 10202, 10800, 12043, 13057/124, 15004, ED7, 10 D/E shunters D3562-71 (Order D658, 60-69). Test House- D5002. Erecting shop-1 bay, 42349 I, 42513 G, 43994 G, 44007 I, 44245 G, 44566 G, 47599 G, 47621 G, 48026 G, 48182 I, 48212 I, 48339 I, 48352 G, 48359 G, 48503 G, 48547 G, 53802 I, 75020 G, 80064 I, 80142 I. Erecting shop-2 bay- 42230 I, 42332 I, 43844, 43972 I, 47404 I, 48114 I, 48415 I, 48662 G, 80140 I. Erecting shop-3 bay- 9 Bo-Bo D/E 1160 H,P. D5005-13, 3 1Co-Col D/E 2300 H.P. D1, D3 an D4. Yard- 40047, 40420, 40680, SLS/195812
30/12/1962 Western Regionboundary changes The following former W.R. engines were transferred to the L.M. Region when the depots to which they are allocated became the responsibility of that Region on 1.1.63. The official date of the transfer is December 30th, 1962: D3004/25-9/34-9, D3105-13/5/6/91-4, D3752/5/7, D3950-2/6-8/68-70/73-85/8/95-7, 1002/13/6/9/23/5, 1432/58, 1619/28/32/8/60/3/8, 2210/1/36/89 2845/51/6/66/75/88, 3208/9/17, 3601/5/7/19/25/31/58/60/73, 3709/44/9/70/6/8/82/8/9/92, 3802/6/9/13/5/7/21/5/8/9/31/45/6/9/52/5/7/65, 4105/11/4/20/5/33/40/7-9/53-5/8/65/7/8/71-3/5/6/8/9, 4602/17/45/6/8/65/83/7/96, 4923/46/54/98, 5022/6/31/63/89, 5101/53, 5192, 5606/40/58, 5927/42/83/90/1/4/5, 6129, 6314/64, 6403/24, 6604/9-11/5/8/25/31/2/44/6/63/7/8/71/4/8/9/83/92/4/8, 6803/11/23/7/8/30/1/3/9/42/5/51/3-5/7/8/61/2/4/6/70/1/9, 6903/4/6/7/11/5/6/7/22/5/6/9/30/3/4/52/64/71/6/9/80, 7001/12/4/9/24/6, 7207/18/36, 7414/8/24/6/31/43. 7800-3/6/7/9/10/2/8/9/21-4/7/8, 7905/8/12/5/8/29, 8109, 8464/98, 8718, 9435/63/70/98, 9608/10/3/4/24/30/6/9/46/57/69, 9724/33/53/68/74/82/93, 41201-4/9/31/2/40/1/85, 44835, 45143/5/90, 45283/98, 45406/22, 45572/7, 45660/99, 46401, 46503-27, 48330/47/54/69/402/4/10/2/5/7/8/24/30/6/50/9/60/71/4/5/8, 48724/38/9/68, 73025 6/34-6/90/5/7, 75000/2-4/6/9/20/1/3/4/6/7/9, 78000/2/3/7/8, 80070/8-80/96/8/100/l/2/4/5/31/2/5/6, 82000/3/5/6/9/20/1/31-4, 92001, 92212/3/5/27/8/34/47. SLS/196303
16/02/1968 CarnforthMPD (Out of use) Stored LMS 6441, 70013 (sheeted). In steam: 92009/77/88/118/67 Out of use: 44887/9, 45092/259, 48757, 70021, 75009/15/20/21/24/33/34/43/48/62, 92110/212. 92004 & Type 2 D.E. hauled 12.00 Heysham-Neville Hill oil tanks, and 44894 headed south with another tank train from the Barrow line at 11.00 hrs. SLS/196803

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
0000 Tender Tender fitted: BR2 number 884    
13/11/1953 To Service To service as British Railways Number 75020
Built at Swindon Works
Allocated to Oswestry (89A)		    
06/09/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Chester West (6E)    
11/04/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Tyseley (84E)    
11/07/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Machynlleth (89C)    
09/03/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Croes Newydd (89B)    
16/01/1965 Allocation Reallocated to Stoke (5D)    
03/01/1966 Allocation Reallocated to Shrewsbury (6D)    
11/03/1967 Allocation Reallocated to Aintree (8L)    
17/06/1967 Allocation Reallocated to Carnforth (10A)    
03/08/1968 Withdrawn Condemned as 75020    
11/1968 Scrapped Broken up by Campbells: Airdrie    

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