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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
War Dept. 8668 m/e 06/1944
War Dept. 78668 m/e 01/1945
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 3151 m/e 02/1947
British Railways (1st BR) 63151 w/e 08/05/1948
British Railways 90472 m/e 06/1950

Locomotive Specifics
Class WD/8
Company History WD
Wheels 2-8-0
Builder Vulcan Foundry
Order Number 2299
Works Number 5069
To Service During 06/1944
Withdrawal Sat 28/12/1963
Service Life 19 yrs, 6 mths , 27 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 06/1964 at T W Ward (Inverkeithing)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 06/1944
     Withdrawn on 28/12/1963

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
WDN   on 28/12/1963

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/12/1946 General The following 2-8-0 Austerity engines were taken in to Scottish Area stock as from 28/12/46 and are now, Class O7:- Allocated: Eastfield: 77223, 77498, 77501. St. Margaret's: 70841, 78527/8, 78625/63/64, 78708/11, 79177. Thornton: 70816/30, 77033, 77360/7, 78655/68, 78702/13. Dundee: 70852, 77277, 77505, 78654, 79251. Ferryhill (Aberdeen): 77423/35/87, 78608/41. SLS/194704
30/06/1950 Cowlairs Works Engines into shops: 1131, 1752, 3115, 4596, 4846, 4933, 5922, 5927, 7473, 8442, 8460, 8463, 8468, 8474, 8475, 8479, 9171, 61146, 61180, 61879, 61911, 62478, 62496, 62688, 63038, 63151, 64539, 64566, 64573, 64607, 64626, 64632, 64821, 64925, 64964, 67617, 68957, 69214, 69565, 77375, 77456, 90496. SLS/195008

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
06/1944 To Service To service as WD Number 8668
Built at Vulcan Foundry, Works Number 5069
   
01/1945 Renumbered Renumbered to 78668    
02/1947 Renumbered Renumbered to 3151    
08/05/1948 Renumbered Renumbered to 63151    
06/1950 Renumbered Renumbered to 90472    
28/12/1963 Withdrawn Condemned as 90472    
06/1964 Scrapped Broken up by T W Ward: Inverkeithing    

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