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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
War Dept. 7126 m/e 10/1943
War Dept. 77126 m/e 01/1945
British Railways 90581 m/e 06/1949

Locomotive Specifics
Class WD/8
Company History WD
Wheels 2-8-0
Builder Vulcan Foundry
Order Number 2291
Works Number 4942
To Service During 10/1943
Withdrawal Mon 23/11/1964
Service Life 21 yrs, 1 mth , 24 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 04/1965 at T W Ward (Beighton)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 10/1943
36B   Mexborough m/e 31/03/1951
25E   Sowerby Bridge 4w/e 21/02/1953
25A   Wakefield 4w/e 08/08/1953
     Withdrawn on 23/11/1964

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
LOAN 25A Wakefield w/e 04/06/1949
ALLOC 36B Mexborough m/e 31/03/1951
ALLOC 25E Sowerby Bridge 4w/e 21/02/1953
ALLOC 25A Wakefield 4w/e 08/08/1953
WDN   on 24/11/1964

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

Sightings
Report Date Title Location Report Headcode Reference
30/11/1947 WD 2-8-0 disposals by the Ministry of Transport   On G.W. waiting to pass through Swindon Shops.   Statement "A" - List of austerity 2-8-0's in the UK but not yet in service

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
21/09/1947 Kingham Dump On 21/9 the following 'Austerity' 2-8-0's were noted: those already repaired were:-Nos. 70825(4), 70875(1), 77072(1), 77126(1), 77160(1), 77171(1*), 77179(1), 77192(2), 77212(4), 77330(2), 77348(2), 77451(1), 77466(1), 77479(4), 78602(2), 78615(4), 79190(5), 79215(3) and 79221(1). Notes: (1) Bears plate-Usines Metallurgiques du Hainant; Repaired 1947. Couillet. (Belgique); (2) Bears plate-Anglo-Franco-Belge, La Croyere, Belgium. Repaired 1947; (3) Bears plate-En Ergte, Marcinelle. Repaired 1947; (4) Bears plate-Repaired by S.A. 'Les Ateliers Metallurgigues', Usine de Tubize, 1947; (5) Bears plate-S.A. Forges Usines and Fonderies, Haine-St.-Pierre, Belgique, 1947. Locomotives Automotrices Wagons, Aciers Moules. *Bears no plate but apparently comes under (1) above. No. 78615, according to the plate it carries was built in 1944 and not 1945 as is generally supposed. Those awaiting repair were:-Nos. 70833, 70865, 77029, 77048, 77092, 77229, 77239, 77242, 77332, 77463, 77471, 78541, 78544, 78546, 78551, 78554, 78556, 78563, 78685, 79272, 79275, 79282 an 79298. SLS/194710

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
10/1943 To Service To service as WD Number 7126
Built at Vulcan Foundry, Works Number 4942
   
01/1945 Renumbered Renumbered to 77126    
06/1949 Renumbered Renumbered to 90581    
31/03/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Mexborough (36B)    
21/02/1953 Allocation Reallocated to Sowerby Bridge (25E)    
08/08/1953 Allocation Reallocated to Wakefield (25A)    
23/11/1964 Withdrawn Condemned as 90581    
04/1965 Scrapped Broken up by T W Ward: Beighton    

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