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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
War Dept. 852 m/e 06/1944
War Dept. 70852 m/e 01/1945
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 3071 m/e 02/1947
British Railways (1st BR) 63071 w/e 08/05/1948
British Railways 90071 m/e 11/1949

Locomotive Specifics
Class WD/8
Company History WD
Wheels 2-8-0
Builder North British Locomotive Company, Glasgow
Order Number L943
Works Number 24924
To Service During 06/1944
Withdrawal Sat 22/04/1967
Service Life 22 yrs, 10 mths , 22 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 09/1967 at Motherwell Machinery and Scrap (Wishaw)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 06/1944
64A   St Margarets 4w/e 25/11/1950
64A   St Margarets m/e 30/11/1950
66B   Motherwell 5w/e 24/03/1951
66B   Motherwell m/e 31/03/1951
66C   Hamilton (West) 4w/e 04/08/1956
66B   Motherwell 4w/e 27/09/1958
62C   Dunfermline Upper 4w/e 03/08/1963
     Withdrawn on 22/04/1967

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 64A St Margarets m/e 30/11/1950
ALLOC 66B Motherwell m/e 31/03/1951
ALLOC 66C Hamilton (West) 4w/e 11/08/1956
ALLOC 66B Motherwell 4w/e 06/09/1958
ALLOC 62C Dunfermline Upper 4w/e 10/08/1963
WDN   on 22/04/1967

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/12/1946 General The following 2-8-0 Austerity engines were taken in to Scottish Area stock as from 28/12/46 and are now, Class O7:- Allocated: Eastfield: 77223, 77498, 77501. St. Margaret's: 70841, 78527/8, 78625/63/64, 78708/11, 79177. Thornton: 70816/30, 77033, 77360/7, 78655/68, 78702/13. Dundee: 70852, 77277, 77505, 78654, 79251. Ferryhill (Aberdeen): 77423/35/87, 78608/41. SLS/194704
31/10/1949 Cowlairs Works Locomotives entering Works during October: These included Nos. 61219, 61779/81, 61855, 1900, 62432/78, 2484, 3071, 3134/47/75/84, 4565, 64578, 4639, 4711/92, 4816, 64849, 4927, 65929/31, 7484/95, 8332/48, 68456, 69130, 9165, 69199, 9216, 69514, 9562, 77119, 79265. SLS/194912
30/04/1950 Cowlairs Works Locomotives entering Works during April: These included Nos. 60529, 61103/72, 61738/68, 61854, 61909/83, 62423, 2430, 62436, 2475, 62479, 3143, 4544, 64593, 64849/54, 4865/68, 64899, 4917, 65921, 7469, 8458, 8550, 9151/62, 69174, 9182, 69553, 90071, 90306, ex-L.M.S. 2835, 42909/18, ex-W.D. 77087, 77107, 77302/99. SLS/195006

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
06/1944 To Service To service as WD Number 852
Built at North British Locomotive Company, Glasgow, Works Number 24924
   
01/1945 Renumbered Renumbered to 70852    
02/1947 Renumbered Renumbered to 3071    
08/05/1948 Renumbered Renumbered to 63071    
11/1949 Renumbered Renumbered to 90071    
25/11/1950 Allocation Reallocated to St Margarets (64A)    
30/11/1950 Allocation Reallocated to St Margarets (64A)    
24/03/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Motherwell (66B)    
31/03/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Motherwell (66B)    
04/08/1956 Allocation Reallocated to Hamilton (West) (66C)    
27/09/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Motherwell (66B)    
03/08/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Dunfermline Upper (62C)    
22/04/1967 Withdrawn Condemned as 90071    
09/1967 Scrapped Broken up by Motherwell Machinery and Scrap: Wishaw    

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