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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
War Dept. 7474 m/e 01/1944
War Dept. 77474 m/e 01/1945
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 3113 m/e 03/1947
British Railways (1st BR) 63113 m/e Not applied
British Railways 90434 m/e 08/1950

Locomotive Specifics
Class WD/8
Company History WD
Wheels 2-8-0
Builder Vulcan Foundry
Order Number 2292
Works Number 4990
To Service During 01/1944
Withdrawal Tue 27/06/1967
Service Life 23 yrs, 5 mths , 27 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 10/1967 at Drapers (Hull)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 01/1944
NPT   Newport (Teeside) w/e 12/02/1949
51L   Thornaby 5w/e 14/06/1958
52H   Tyne Dock w/e 22/06/1963
51C   West Hartlepool 4w/e 19/06/1965
     Withdrawn on 27/06/1967

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
STOCK HLS Hull Springhead on 14/03/1946
ALLOC HTN Heaton on 20/04/1947
ALLOC NPT Newport (Teeside) w/e 12/02/1949
ALLOC 51L Thornaby on 08/06/1958
ALLOC 52H Tyne Dock 4w/e 06/07/1963
ALLOC 51C West Hartlepool 4w/e 19/06/1965
WDN   on 27/06/1967

* 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
28/11/1953 Darlington Works North Road have cut up 65022 an 65497 from E.R. also 'Sentinel' 8137 (still L.N.E.R. lettering and numbers). Waiting Works are: 68035/923/68/71, 61017/60/71, 61214/55, 61422, 62773, 63357/72, 63468, 67635/69, 67761/6/7, 69783, 90016/55/162/8/430/4/633/96. 67669 is dual fitted. 69783 has a chimney like the old A6 class carried. SLS/195402
13/08/1967 West Hartlepool MPD The following were on West Hartlepool on 13th August: 43015, 62026/41/2/4, 63344/87/94/7, 63407/31/5, 90061/74/6/116/210/30/54/309/39/47/60/434/59/78/92, 90627/77/95, D2068/77/8, D2153, D2205, D3137/9, D3672, D5152/65, D6756/63/6/9. SLS/196709

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
01/1944 To Service To service as WD Number 7474
Built at Vulcan Foundry, Works Number 4990
   
01/1945 Renumbered Renumbered to 77474    
03/1947 Renumbered Renumbered to 3113    
1948 Number Allocated Allocated number 63113 but not taken up    
12/02/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Newport (Teeside) (NPT)    
08/1950 Renumbered Renumbered to 90434    
14/06/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Thornaby (51L)    
22/06/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Tyne Dock (52H)    
19/06/1965 Allocation Reallocated to West Hartlepool (51C)    
27/06/1967 Withdrawn Condemned as 90434    
10/1967 Scrapped Broken up by Drapers: Hull    

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