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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
British Railways 75021 on 23/11/1953

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 23/11/1953 to Cardiff Canton (86C)
Withdrawal w/e Sat 10/02/1968
Service Life 14 yrs, 2 mths , 18 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 06/1968 at T W Ward (Inverkeithing)

Tenders
Type Number From Company Water Coal
BR2 885 23/11/1953 BR 3,500g 6t 0cwt

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
86C   Cardiff Canton (New) on 23/11/1953
82E   Bristol Barrow Road 4w/e 04/10/1958
81F   Oxford 4w/e 05/11/1960
89C   Machynlleth 4w/e 19/05/1962
89B   Croes Newydd w/e 09/03/1963
6D   Shrewsbury w/e 19/03/1966
6C   Croes Newydd w/e 16/07/1966
10A   Carnforth w/e 29/04/1967
     Withdrawn w/e 10/02/1968

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 86C Cardiff Canton 4w/e 28/11/1953
NEW 91W To Western Region / GWR m/e 30/11/1953
ALLOC 82E Bristol Barrow Road 4w/e 04/10/1958
ALLOC 81F Oxford 4w/e 05/11/1960
ALLOC 89C Machynlleth 4w/e 19/05/1962
ALLOC 89B Croes Newydd 4w/e 30/03/1963
LOAN 6D Shrewsbury 4w/e 09/04/1966
ALLOC 6C Croes Newydd 4w/e 06/08/1966
ALLOC 10A Carnforth 4w/e 06/05/1967
WDN 10A Carnforth w/e 10/02/1968

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
23/04/1961 Wolverhampton Works (Works Yard) Erecting Shop: 1442/72, 1503, 2204, 3788, 3816, 4101/14, 4635, 4938, 5322, 5920, 6130, 6608/15, 7244/53, 7413/24/37, 7828, 9412/84/98, 9657, 9746, 82033. Works Yard: 3711/49, 4168/687, 6126, 6839, 8437, 9792, 73037, 75021, 92004. SLS/196106
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 885    
23/11/1953 To Service To service as British Railways Number 75021
Built at Swindon Works
Allocated to Cardiff Canton (86C)
   
04/10/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Bristol Barrow Road (82E)    
05/11/1960 Allocation Reallocated to Oxford (81F)    
19/05/1962 Allocation Reallocated to Machynlleth (89C)    
09/03/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Croes Newydd (89B)    
19/03/1966 Allocation Reallocated to Shrewsbury (6D)    
16/07/1966 Allocation Reallocated to Croes Newydd (6C)    
29/04/1967 Allocation Reallocated to Carnforth (10A)    
10/02/1968 Withdrawn Condemned as 75021    
06/1968 Scrapped Broken up by T W Ward: Inverkeithing    

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