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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
War Dept. 7102 m/e 09/1943
War Dept. 77102 m/e 01/1945
British Railways 90565 on 07/08/1952 (at Swindon Factory)

Locomotive Specifics
Class WD/8
Company History WD
Wheels 2-8-0
Builder Vulcan Foundry
Order Number 2290
Works Number 4918
To Service During 09/1943
Withdrawal Mon 12/11/1962
Service Life 19 yrs, 2 mths , 12 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 01/1964 at Locomotive Works (Crewe, Cheshire)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 09/1943
OXY   Oxley on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
86C   Cardiff Canton 3w/e 17/05/1952
85E   Gloucester Barnwood 4w/e 28/11/1959
86A   Ebbw Junction (Newport) 4w/e 16/07/1960
81C   Southall 4w/e 03/12/1960
81E   Didcot 4w/e 25/03/1961
84C   Banbury 4w/e 22/04/1961
81C   Southall 4w/e 07/10/1961
     Withdrawn on 12/11/1962

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
LOAN OXY Oxley m/e 31/05/1947
ALLOC OXY Oxley m/e 30/06/1947
ALLOC NPT Newport (Teeside) m/e 30/09/1947
ALLOC 86C Cardiff Canton 4w/e 17/05/1952
ALLOC 85E Gloucester Barnwood 4w/e 28/11/1959
ALLOC 86A Ebbw Junction (Newport) 4w/e 16/07/1960
ALLOC 81C Southall 4w/e 03/12/1960
ALLOC 81E Didcot 4w/e 25/03/1961
ALLOC 84C Banbury 4w/e 22/04/1961
ALLOC 81C Southall 4w/e 07/10/1961
WDN   on 12/11/1962

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
28/02/1951 Western Region WD\'s So far as our records show, the number of 8F/2-8-0/WD working on the Western Region has been reduced to 30, as follow: 90148 (83D), 77184 (86A), 77200 (82B), 77203 (85B), 90188 (87K), 90201 (86E), 77247 (82B), 90214 (84K), 90225 (87K), 77326 (82B), 77368 (86A), 77380 (86G), 77408 (85A), 70801 (82C), 70808 (87F), 77288 (86E), 77289 (82B), 90524 (85C), 90529 (81F), 77099 (86G), 77102 (86A), 90572 (84K), 77116 (82B), 90579 (87K), 90630 (82D), 90685 (84E), 79225 (84K), 79232 (85A), 90701 (82D), 90716 (86E). SLS/195104
15/10/1951 Locomotives in the 9xxxx Series Renumbering Most of these engines have now received their 9xxxx numbers, the known exceptions in mid-October being Eastern Region: 90063/96, 90153, 90215/32, 90410. London Midland Region: 90102/5/9/10/13/23/35/73/83/94, 90205/71/95, 90314/26/27/43/52/66, 90413, 90576, 90621/87. North-Eastern Region: 90100, 90309, 90518, 90627/88. Scottish Region: 90293, 90616 (2-8-0), 90760/64/65/70 (2-10-0). Western Region: 90167/76/79, 90238/61/68/84, 90312/15/55/56, 90563/65/73, 90686. Possibly a few of these have been done but not recorded; information concerning such would be welcomed. SLS/195111
31/03/1952 Locomotives still carrying old numbers (WD) Engines which have not yet been finally renumbered. 63062, 77040, 77184, 77388, 70808, 70839, 70876, 77288, 78521, 77099, 77102, 77476, 77481, 73788, 73794. SLS/195206
31/07/1962 Withdrawn GWR engines It is understood that the following have been withdrawn and are lying at their home sheds mainly: 1004/26, 1462, 2200/29/56/71/94, 3211, 3623/30/88/94, 3741/50/83, 4037/99, 4102/6/16/8/29/52, 4236/91, 4557/67, 4906/9/13/7/21/34/7/41/4/7/8/52/60/7/9/84/99, 5007/8/11/6/7/9/21/30/2/3/4/6/45/6/7/52/61/4/6/8/75/88/94, 5190, 5357/99, 5520/5/44/50/4/62, 5617/31/46/98, 5746, 5910/1/7/8/26/30/1/40/59/64/6/73/80/1/2/99, 6001/2/7/9/12/4/5/6/9/21/2/6/7, 6146, 6330/42/62/6/88/91, 6617/30/40/1/7, 7300/1/5/11/6/21/31/6/41, 8449, 9785, 42385, 90355/6/565/693. LTE has 7749 on loan pending permanent transfer. SLS/196210

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
09/1943 To Service To service as WD Number 7102
Built at Vulcan Foundry, Works Number 4918
   
01/1945 Renumbered Renumbered to 77102    
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Oxley (OXY)    
17/05/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Cardiff Canton (86C)    
07/08/1952 Renumbered Renumbered to 90565    
28/11/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Gloucester Barnwood (85E)    
16/07/1960 Allocation Reallocated to Ebbw Junction (Newport) (86A)    
03/12/1960 Allocation Reallocated to Southall (81C)    
25/03/1961 Allocation Reallocated to Didcot (81E)    
22/04/1961 Allocation Reallocated to Banbury (84C)    
07/10/1961 Allocation Reallocated to Southall (81C)    
12/11/1962 Withdrawn Condemned as 90565    
01/1964 Scrapped Broken up by Locomotive Works: Crewe, Cheshire    

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