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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
War Dept. 7095 m/e 09/1943
War Dept. 77095 m/e 01/1945
British Railways 90559 m/e 09/1950

Locomotive Specifics
Class WD/8
Company History WD
Wheels 2-8-0
Builder Vulcan Foundry
Order Number 2290
Works Number 4911
To Service During 09/1943
Withdrawal Sat 29/12/1962
Service Life 19 yrs, 3 mths , 28 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 12/1963 at Central Wagon Co. (Wigan)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 09/1943
NWE   New England w/e 13/08/1949
31B   March 4w/e 19/10/1957
32A   Norwich Thorpe w/e 11/04/1959
31B   March w/e 06/02/1960
30A   Stratford w/e 03/12/1960
31B   March w/e 17/06/1961
36A   Doncaster w/e 28/10/1961
     Withdrawn on 29/12/1962

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
STOCK HTN Heaton on 08/02/1947
ALLOC NPT Newport (Teeside) on 13/04/1947
ALLOC NWE New England w/e 13/08/1949
ALLOC 31B March 4w/e 02/11/1957
ALLOC 32A Norwich Thorpe 4w/e 18/04/1959
ALLOC 31B March 4w/e 20/02/1960
ALLOC 30A Stratford 5w/e 31/12/1960
ALLOC 31B March 4w/e 08/07/1961
ALLOC 36A Doncaster 4w/e 04/11/1961
WDN   on 29/12/1962

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
30/11/1945 Austerities It is reported that 500 Austerity 2-8-0 locomotives are to be returned from the Continent and put into traffic on the British Railways, and it will be seen from the L.N.E.R notes, that some have arrived already. Those sent to March arrived with their packing in position and did not apear to have been in traffic overseas. It is believed that considerable dumps of these engines exist in this state and it is not impossible that the whole 500 have been surplus in this manner. We understand that the L.N.E.R. will receive 120 of them.
280 locos. of this class have been sold to the Netherlands State Railways. Belgium: Locomotives are allocated as follows: Merelbeke: 70877, 77079, 77178, 77289, 77381/8, 77292, 77468, 78528/77/84, 79222/30(Merelbeke). Ostend: 70864, 77278/8314, 78519/27/60/1/4/89(Ostend). Tournai: 77095, 77285, 77447, 79211(Tournai). Louven: 70823(Louven). Brussells (Midi): 70865(Brussels Midi). Ghent Zee-Haven: 75002/3/82, 75136(Ghent Zee-Haven). Schaerbeck: 71491, 75055(Schaerbeck). Stored at Ostend (6/45): 70865. 77021/31/7/69/82, 77117/51/4/6/75/83/9/91, 77236, 77344, 78527/64/89, 78619, 79238/46/51. The last-mentioned six are N.B. 25325/50/80 and V.F. 5181/9/94, all 1944.
SLS/194602
03/01/1947 Shakespeare Cliff There were 22 'Austerity' 2-8-0's on the sidings west of Shakespeare Cliff Tunnel on 3/1/47. and these included 77078, 77085, 77095, 77162, 77222, 77292, 77300, 77364, 77371, 77390, 77395, 78588, NS4320, NS4342, NS4364, NS4400, and six more, whose numbers could not be read. SLS/194702
10/03/1963 Doncaster Works (Waiting Works) Erecting Shop: 60025/44/512, 61157, 63650/978, 90001/79/411/587. Works Yard: 90035/250. Stripping Shop: 61326, 90551. Scrap Yard: 42501/18/25/6/679, 63887, 64690, 90253/70, 69520/3/38/46/75/83. Paint Shop: 65567, LNER 4472, LNER 4771. Ex Works: 61087, Waiting Works: 60118, 61128/236/87/371, 63618/98/961, 42535, 69529/68, 90559/608. Pending sale: 60014. SLS/196304
11/05/1963 Worcester Works (Waiting Works) 4628, 7010/23/31, 9724 an 4147. SLS/196304

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
09/1943 To Service To service as WD Number 7095
Built at Vulcan Foundry, Works Number 4911
   
01/1945 Renumbered Renumbered to 77095    
13/08/1949 Allocation Reallocated to New England (NWE)    
09/1950 Renumbered Renumbered to 90559    
19/10/1957 Allocation Reallocated to March (31B)    
11/04/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Norwich Thorpe (32A)    
06/02/1960 Allocation Reallocated to March (31B)    
03/12/1960 Allocation Reallocated to Stratford (30A)    
17/06/1961 Allocation Reallocated to March (31B)    
28/10/1961 Allocation Reallocated to Doncaster (36A)    
29/12/1962 Withdrawn Condemned as 90559    
12/1963 Scrapped Broken up by Central Wagon Co.: Wigan    

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