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**Numbers Carried**
Company	Number		Date From
War Dept.	73777		06/1945
British Railways	90753		1948

**Locomotive Specifics**
Class	WD/10
Company History	WD
Wheels	2-10-0
Builder	North British Locomotive Company, Glasgow
Order Number	L948
Works Number	25623
To Service	During 06/1945 to March (MAR)
Withdrawal	Thu 06/07/1961
Service Life	16 yrs, 1 mth , 5 dys

**Disposal**
Scrapping	Locomotive Works (Cowlairs)

**Allocations**
Code	Subsequent Codes	Name		From Date
MAR		March (New)	m/e	06/1945
		Withdrawn	on	06/07/1961

SLS Allocations*
Type	Code	Name		From Date
OFFSTOCK	UNK		w/e	02/11/1946
WDN			on	06/07/1961

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

**Mentions ...**
Report Date	Title	Report	Source
01/06/1947	Longmoor	On 1/6 2-10-0 Nos. 73774-73796 were in store and the following were on the dump (mostly marked for scrap): Nos. 70179, 70195, 70198, 70204, 70208, 72400 and 72401. There were numerous boilers, wheels, etc., lying about, indicating that a number of the older locos. had already presumably been broken up. Nos. 70216, 70271, 70272, 72214 and Petrol Railcars Nos. 2, 3 and 4 were on the diesel shed, whilst Nos. 71505, 73651, 73797, 75028, 75041, 75042, 75079, 75275, 75277 and 75290 were on the loco. shed. The three locos. painted blue, lined out in red and with the lettering 'L.M.R.' on the tenders (of two of them), were also on the shed: No. 79250 Major General McMullen, U.S. type 2-8-0 No. 93257 Major General Carl Gray, and U.S. type 0-6-0T No. 94382 Major General Frank S. Ross; the U.S. type locos. have recently been named and have had 90000 added to their U.S. numbers. The repair shop contained Nos. 77337 and 75282, and on the 60 cm. gauge the following were seen: German 0-6-0 Diesel Nos. HFM13906 and HFM13 915.	SLS/194708
31/12/1949	Cowlairs Works	Locomotives entering Works during December: These included Nos. 61061, 1724, 61909/94, 62411/17/29/55, 2462/69, 62472, 2480, 62485/98, 62675, 2691, 63019/63, 3172, 64527, 4568/74/77, 4922, 5908, 8453, 8952, 68958, 9133, 69150, 9193, 69221, 9518/64, 73777, 77016, 79306, 90313.	SLS/195002
06/07/1961	Cowlairs Works (Waiting Works)	Stripping Shop: 61342, 65902. Erecting Shop: 11713, 61132/97, 64864, 65903, 72005/9, 73078, 73120/51, 76097, 80124, 90097, GNS49. Works Yard: D2584, 72006. Works Shunters: D3393, 65228. Scrap Road: 40627, 56308, 64523, 64892, 67612. Waiting Works: 61101, 61341, 65915, 90542, 90753.Ex-Works : 90640.	SLS/196108
30/08/1961	Cowlairs Works (Works Yard)	Erecting Shop: D2708/70/4, 44783, 45213, 45361, 61324/46/96, 65919, 80030, 90017, 90386, 90463, 90614. Valve Shop: 73077. Stripping Shop: 65923. Weigh House: 64847. Paint Shop: 73099. Works Yard: D2434, D2726, D3393, 44485, 61178, 64932, 72009, 73005, 80045, 90753. Scrap Yard: 64710 intact, 64700 being out-up. Works Shunters: D2760, D3418.	SLS/196110

**Summary**
Date	Event	Details
06/1945	To Service	To service as WD Number 73777 Built at North British Locomotive Company, Glasgow, Works Number 25623
1948	Renumbered	Renumbered to 90753
06/07/1961	Withdrawn	Condemned as 90753

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