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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
War Dept. 8648 m/e 05/1944
War Dept. 78648 m/e 01/1945
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 3138 m/e 04/1947
British Railways (1st BR) 63138 m/e Not applied
British Railways 90459 m/e 05/1950

Locomotive Specifics
Class WD/8
Company History WD
Wheels 2-8-0
Builder Vulcan Foundry
Order Number 2299
Works Number 5049
To Service During 05/1944
Withdrawal Mon 19/06/1967
Service Life 23 yrs, 1 mth , 20 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 10/1967 at Drapers (Hull)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 05/1944
YK   York (North) w/e 04/09/1948
NPT   Newport (Teeside) w/e 19/02/1949
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     Withdrawn on 19/06/1967

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
LOAN CLK Colwick on 25/11/1945
ALLOC CLK Colwick w/e 26/10/1946
ALLOC YK York (North) w/e 04/09/1948
ALLOC NPT Newport (Teeside) w/e 19/02/1949
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 19/06/1967

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
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
05/1944 To Service To service as WD Number 8648
Built at Vulcan Foundry, Works Number 5049
   
01/1945 Renumbered Renumbered to 78648    
04/1947 Renumbered Renumbered to 3138    
1948 Number Allocated Allocated number 63138 but not taken up    
04/09/1948 Allocation Reallocated to York (North) (YK)    
19/02/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Newport (Teeside) (NPT)    
05/1950 Renumbered Renumbered to 90459    
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)    
19/06/1967 Withdrawn Condemned as 90459    
10/1967 Scrapped Broken up by Drapers: Hull    

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