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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
War Dept. 8646 m/e 05/1944
War Dept. 78646 m/e 01/1945
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 3137 m/e 02/1947
British Railways (1st BR) 63137 w/e 21/08/1948
British Railways 90458 m/e 06/1950

Locomotive Specifics
Class WD/8
Company History WD
Wheels 2-8-0
Builder Vulcan Foundry
Order Number 2299
Works Number 5047
To Service During 05/1944
Withdrawal Sat 24/06/1967
Service Life 23 yrs, 1 mth , 25 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 12/1967 at Drapers (Hull)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 05/1944
TDK   Tyne Dock w/e 13/11/1948
53A   Hull Dairycoates w/e 08/09/1951
53A   Hull Dairycoates 5w/e 22/09/1951
50D   Goole 4w/e 20/05/1967
     Withdrawn on 24/06/1967

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
LOAN YK York (North) on 07/12/1945
ALLOC TDK Tyne Dock w/e 13/11/1948
ALLOC 53A Hull Dairycoates w/e 08/09/1951
ALLOC 50D Goole 4w/e 20/05/1967
WDN   on 24/06/1967

* 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
15/11/1947 Eastfield MPD On 15/11 No. 1255 was observed here with the wrong Maker's Plate (26157/47), while on 23/11 No. 1256 was seen with the same plates: Nos. 1255 and 1258 were both without plates on 23/11. On 7/12 No. 1067 KIT, which had been repainted green, was seen at Cowlairs West Junction being hauled from Cowlairs Works to Eastfield by 'J.83' No. 8475. On 17/12 No. 1244 Strang Steel HAY was here, being ex Cowlairs Works that day, after having had the nameplates fitted. This is believed to be the first Scottish Area 'B.1' to receive nameplates. On 1/1 No. 1243 EFD was noted here fitted with nameplates-Sir Harold Mitchell. The size of the letters appears to be smaller than that previously used, being between 21' and 3' high. Perhaps the most interesting 'foreigners' on the shed here on the same day were: Nos. 3041 ABD, 3137 HTN and 3190 TWD, the latter carrying both TWD and HTN on the buffer-beam. Nos. 77312 STM and 77313 THJ have been noted here recently, both carrying L.M.S. 15A shed plates, as well as their L.N.E. sheds stencilled or painted on the buffer-beam. Both these engines were regular visitors to Glasgow during the war-but on the L.M.S.-when working from 12A. It is very rare for N.E. Area Class '0.7's' or W.D.'s to appear at Eastfield. SLS/194802

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
05/1944 To Service To service as WD Number 8646
Built at Vulcan Foundry, Works Number 5047
   
01/1945 Renumbered Renumbered to 78646    
02/1947 Renumbered Renumbered to 3137    
21/08/1948 Renumbered Renumbered to 63137    
13/11/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Tyne Dock (TDK)    
06/1950 Renumbered Renumbered to 90458    
08/09/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Hull Dairycoates (53A)    
22/09/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Hull Dairycoates (53A)    
20/05/1967 Allocation Reallocated to Goole (50D)    
24/06/1967 Withdrawn Condemned as 90458    
12/1967 Scrapped Broken up by Drapers: Hull    

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