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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
War Dept. 7254 m/e 11/1943
War Dept. 77254 m/e 01/1945
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 3030 m/e 02/1947
British Railways (1st BR) 63030 w/e 21/08/1948
British Railways 90030 m/e 09/1950

Locomotive Specifics
Class WD/8
Company History WD
Wheels 2-8-0
Builder North British Locomotive Company, Glasgow
Order Number L943
Works Number 25125
To Service During 01/1943
Withdrawal w/e Mon 17/04/1967
Service Life 24 yrs, 3 mths , 17 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 08/1967 at Drapers (Hull)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 01/1943
53A   Hull Dairycoates w/e 05/05/1951
53A   Hull Dairycoates 4w/e 19/05/1951
50A   York (North) w/e 16/09/1961
50B   Hull Dairycoates 4w/e 27/03/1965
50D   Goole 4w/e 06/11/1965
     Withdrawn w/e 17/04/1967

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC HTN Heaton w/e 02/11/1946
ALLOC HLS Hull Springhead on 12/12/1946
ALLOC HTN Heaton on 20/04/1947
ALLOC TWD Tweedmouth w/e 01/11/1947
ALLOC 53A Hull Dairycoates w/e 05/05/1951
ALLOC 50A York (North) 3w/e 30/09/1961
ALLOC 50B Hull Dairycoates 4w/e 27/03/1965
ALLOC 50D Goole 4w/e 06/11/1965
WDN   w/e 17/04/1967

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/12/1946 General The following Austerity Engines taken into N.E. Area stock on 28/12/46 and now classified O7:- Allocated: Newport: 70800/24/37/47/72, 77276/90, 77357, 77506, 78520/34/70, 78633/56/62/74/87/90, 78718, 79285. Heaton: 70815, 77146, 77298, 78577, 78646/53. Springhead: 70804, 77002, 77110, 77211/54, 77474, 78540. York: 77316, 77486, 78680/91/6/8/9, 79185, 79240/88 SLS/194704

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
11/1943 Renumbered Renumbered to 7254    
01/1945 Renumbered Renumbered to 77254    
02/1947 Renumbered Renumbered to 3030    
21/08/1948 Renumbered Renumbered to 63030    
09/1950 Renumbered Renumbered to 90030    
05/05/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Hull Dairycoates (53A)    
19/05/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Hull Dairycoates (53A)    
16/09/1961 Allocation Reallocated to York (North) (50A)    
27/03/1965 Allocation Reallocated to Hull Dairycoates (50B)    
06/11/1965 Allocation Reallocated to Goole (50D)    
17/04/1967 Withdrawn Condemned as 90030    
08/1967 Scrapped Broken up by Drapers: Hull