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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
War Dept. 73790   07/1945
British Railways 90766   1948

Locomotive Specifics
Class WD/10
Company History WD
Wheels 2-10-0
Builder North British Locomotive Company, Glasgow
Order Number L948
Works Number 25636
To Service During 07/1945 to March (MAR)
Withdrawal Sat 29/12/1962
Service Life 17 yrs, 5 mths , 29 dys

Disposal
Scrapping Campbells (Shieldhall)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
MAR   March (New) m/e 07/1945
     Withdrawn on 29/12/1962

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
LOAN 66B Motherwell w/e 09/07/1949
ALLOC 65F Grangemouth 4w/e 17/01/1959
WDN   on 29/12/1962

* 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
07/03/1949 Brighton Works Engines in shops included Nos. 82 Boxhill, 2023/30/37/39/76/89, 2113, S2343, 2449, 32086, 34001 Exeter, 34003/61, 73790, 77056, 77180, 21C107 Wadebridge. SLS/194904
15/06/1949 Brighton MPD 2-10-0 No. 90766 (ex 73790) was at the shed on 15/6. SLS/194907
28/02/1950 Cowlairs Works Locomotives entering Works during February: These included Nos. 61002/64, 61350, 61742/43/57/58, 1760, 61792, 61851, 61996/98, 62215, 2431/89, 62719, 4556, 64589, 4597/99, 64613, 4922, 5903, 65926, 67455, 67605, 8956, 69139, 69203/08, 69500/96, ex-W.D. 73789. 90755/66. SLS/195004

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
07/1945 To Service To service as WD Number 73790
Built at North British Locomotive Company, Glasgow, Works Number 25636
   
1948 Renumbered Renumbered to 90766    
29/12/1962 Withdrawn Condemned as 90766    

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