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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
War Dept. 815 m/e 03/1944
War Dept. 70815 m/e 01/1945
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 3048 m/e 02/1947
British Railways (1st BR) 63048 w/e 15/05/1948
British Railways 90048 m/e 10/1950

Locomotive Specifics
Class WD/8
Company History WD
Wheels 2-8-0
Builder North British Locomotive Company, Glasgow
Order Number L943
Works Number 24893
To Service During 03/1944
Withdrawal w/e Mon 06/05/1963
Service Life 19 yrs, 2 mths , 7 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 06/1963 at Locomotive Works (Darlington)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 03/1944
SKN   Stockton w/e 12/02/1949
51C   West Hartlepool 3w/e 12/11/1955
51L   Thornaby w/e 01/08/1959
     Withdrawn w/e 06/05/1963

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
LOAN YK York (North) on 07/12/1945
ALLOC SKN Stockton w/e 12/02/1949
ALLOC 51C West Hartlepool 4w/e 05/11/1955
ALLOC 51L Thornaby 4w/e 08/08/1959
WDN   on 06/05/1963

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/12/1946 General The following Austerity Engines taken into N.E. Area stock on 28/12/46 and now classified O7:- Allocated: Newport: 70800/24/37/47/72, 77276/90, 77357, 77506, 78520/34/70, 78633/56/62/74/87/90, 78718, 79285. Heaton: 70815, 77146, 77298, 78577, 78646/53. Springhead: 70804, 77002, 77110, 77211/54, 77474, 78540. York: 77316, 77486, 78680/91/6/8/9, 79185, 79240/88 SLS/194704

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
03/1944 To Service To service as WD Number 815
Built at North British Locomotive Company, Glasgow, Works Number 24893
   
01/1945 Renumbered Renumbered to 70815    
02/1947 Renumbered Renumbered to 3048    
15/05/1948 Renumbered Renumbered to 63048    
12/02/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Stockton (SKN)    
10/1950 Renumbered Renumbered to 90048    
12/11/1955 Allocation Reallocated to West Hartlepool (51C)    
01/08/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Thornaby (51L)    
06/05/1963 Withdrawn Condemned as 90048    
06/1963 Scrapped Broken up by Locomotive Works: Darlington    

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