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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
War Dept. 8679 m/e 06/1944
War Dept. 78679 m/e 01/1945
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 3157 m/e 04/1947
British Railways (1st BR) 63157 m/e Not applied
British Railways 90478 m/e 11/1949

Locomotive Specifics
Class WD/8
Company History WD
Wheels 2-8-0
Builder Vulcan Foundry
Order Number 2300
Works Number 5080
To Service During 06/1944
Withdrawal 4w/e Sat 09/09/1967
Service Life 23 yrs, 3 mths , 9 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 09/1967 at Hughes Bolckows (North Blyth)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 06/1944
ANN   Annesley w/e 14/02/1948
CLK   Colwick w/e 29/05/1948
YK   York (North) w/e 04/09/1948
HLD   Hull Dairycoates w/e 26/03/1949
YK   York (North) w/e 17/09/1949
HLD   Hull Dairycoates m/e 12/1949
HLD   Hull Dairycoates w/e 10/12/1949
53C   Hull Springhead on 21/05/1950
53C   Hull Springhead 4w/e 30/06/1950
53E   Goole w/e 22/11/1958
50B   Hull Dairycoates w/e 30/11/1963
51C   West Hartlepool 4w/e 15/07/1967
     Withdrawn 4w/e 09/09/1967

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
LOAN CLK Colwick on 29/12/1945
ALLOC CLK Colwick w/e 26/10/1946
ALLOC ANN Annesley w/e 14/02/1948
ALLOC CLK Colwick w/e 29/05/1948
ALLOC YK York (North) w/e 04/09/1948
ALLOC HLD Hull Dairycoates w/e 26/03/1949
ALLOC YK York (North) w/e 17/09/1949
ALLOC HLD Hull Dairycoates w/e 10/12/1949
ALLOC 53C Hull Springhead on 21/05/1950
ALLOC 53E Goole 4w/e 29/11/1958
ALLOC 50B Hull Dairycoates 4w/e 07/12/1963
ALLOC 51C West Hartlepool 4w/e 15/07/1967
WDN   4w/e 09/09/1967

* 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
06/1944 To Service To service as WD Number 8679
Built at Vulcan Foundry, Works Number 5080
   
01/1945 Renumbered Renumbered to 78679    
04/1947 Renumbered Renumbered to 3157    
1948 Number Allocated Allocated number 63157 but not taken up    
14/02/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Annesley (ANN)    
29/05/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Colwick (CLK)    
04/09/1948 Allocation Reallocated to York (North) (YK)    
26/03/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Hull Dairycoates (HLD)    
17/09/1949 Allocation Reallocated to York (North) (YK)    
11/1949 Renumbered Renumbered to 90478    
12/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Hull Dairycoates (HLD)    
10/12/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Hull Dairycoates (HLD)    
21/05/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Hull Springhead (53C)    
30/06/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Hull Springhead (53C)    
22/11/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Goole (53E)    
30/11/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Hull Dairycoates (50B)    
15/07/1967 Allocation Reallocated to West Hartlepool (51C)    
09/1967 Scrapped Broken up by Hughes Bolckows: North Blyth    
09/09/1967 Withdrawn Condemned as 90478    

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