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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
British Railways 78052 m/e 11/1955

Locomotive Specifics
Designer R. Riddles
Class Standard Class 2
Company History BR
Wheels 2-6-0
Builder Darlington Works
To Service During 11/1955 to Motherwell (66B)
Withdrawal Mon 03/01/1966
Service Life 10 yrs, 2 mths , 3 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 04/1966 at Motherwell Machinery and Scrap (Wishaw)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
66B   Motherwell (New) m/e 11/1955
60A   Inverness 8w/e 22/12/1956
60C   Helmsdale
(Acted as a replacement for LMS 55053 (which was life-expired), pending the arrival of permanent replacements which came in the bizarre form of a pair of GWR pannier tanks (1646 and 1649))
m/e 02/1957
64A   St Margarets 4w/e 27/09/1958
60B   Aviemore 4w/e 22/11/1958
63A   Perth South 4w/e 11/08/1962
64F   Bathgate 4w/e 30/11/1963
     Withdrawn on 03/01/1966

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
NEW 66B Motherwell on 24/11/1955
ALLOC 60A Inverness 4w/e 01/12/1956
ALLOC 64A St Margarets 4w/e 06/09/1958
ALLOC 60B Aviemore 4w/e 22/11/1958
ALLOC 63A Perth South 6w/e 18/08/1962
ALLOC 64F Bathgate 4w/e 07/12/1963
WDN   on 03/01/1966

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
11/1955 To Service To service as British Railways Number 78052
Built at Darlington Works
Allocated to Motherwell (66B)
   
22/12/1956 Allocation Reallocated to Inverness (60A)    
02/1957 Allocation Reallocated to Helmsdale (60C) (Acted as a replacement for LMS 55053 (which was life-expired), pending the arrival of permanent replacements which came in the bizarre form of a pair of GWR pannier tanks (1646 and 1649))    
27/09/1958 Allocation Reallocated to St Margarets (64A)    
22/11/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Aviemore (60B)    
11/08/1962 Allocation Reallocated to Perth South (63A)    
30/11/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Bathgate (64F)    
03/01/1966 Withdrawn Condemned as 78052    
04/1966 Scrapped Broken up by Motherwell Machinery and Scrap: Wishaw    

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