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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
War Dept. 8650 m/e 05/1944
War Dept. 78650 m/e 01/1945
British Railways 90638 m/e 08/1949

Locomotive Specifics
Class WD/8
Company History WD
Wheels 2-8-0
Builder Vulcan Foundry
Order Number 2299
Works Number 5051
To Service During 05/1944
Withdrawal w/e Sat 22/12/1962
Service Life 18 yrs, 7 mths , 22 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 06/1963 at Locomotive Works (Crewe, Cheshire)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 05/1944
CLK   Colwick w/e 04/09/1948
38E   Woodford Halse on 25/06/1950
38A   Colwick on 22/10/1950
38A   Colwick 4w/e 25/11/1950
38E   Woodford Halse 5w/e 24/03/1951
38E   Woodford Halse m/e 31/03/1951
     Withdrawn w/e 22/12/1962

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
LOAN YK York (North) on 08/10/1947
ALLOC CLK Colwick w/e 04/09/1948
ALLOC 38E Woodford Halse on 25/06/1950
ALLOC 38A Colwick on 22/10/1950
ALLOC 38E Woodford Halse m/e 31/03/1951
ALLOC 38E Woodford Halse on 12/07/1953
LOAN 2G Woodford Halse on 01/02/1958
ALLOC 2G Woodford Halse on 23/02/1958
WDN   w/e 22/12/1962

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
05/1944 To Service To service as WD Number 8650
Built at Vulcan Foundry, Works Number 5051
   
01/1945 Renumbered Renumbered to 78650    
04/09/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Colwick (CLK)    
08/1949 Renumbered Renumbered to 90638    
25/06/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Woodford Halse (38E)    
22/10/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Colwick (38A)    
25/11/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Colwick (38A)    
24/03/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Woodford Halse (38E)    
31/03/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Woodford Halse (38E)    
22/12/1962 Withdrawn Condemned as 90638    
06/1963 Scrapped Broken up by Locomotive Works: Crewe, Cheshire    

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