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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
War Dept. 8690 m/e 07/1944
War Dept. 78690 m/e 01/1945
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 3161 m/e 04/1947
British Railways (1st BR) 63161 m/e Not applied
British Railways 90482 on 10/11/1950

Locomotive Specifics
Class WD/8
Company History WD
Wheels 2-8-0
Builder Vulcan Foundry
Order Number 2300
Works Number 5091
To Service During 07/1944
Withdrawal Wed 12/07/1967
Service Life 23 yrs , 12 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 11/1967 at Arnott Young (Dinsdale)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 07/1944
TDK   Tyne Dock w/e 13/11/1948
53A   Hull Dairycoates w/e 08/09/1951
53A   Hull Dairycoates 5w/e 22/09/1951
53C   Hull Springhead 5w/e 19/01/1957
53A   Hull Dairycoates w/e 06/12/1958
56A   Wakefield w/e 25/07/1964
51C   West Hartlepool 4w/e 08/10/1966
     Withdrawn on 12/07/1967

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
LOAN NPT Newport (Teeside) on 02/01/1946
ALLOC TDK Tyne Dock w/e 13/11/1948
ALLOC 53A Hull Dairycoates w/e 08/09/1951
ALLOC 53C Hull Springhead 4w/e 29/12/1956
ALLOC 53A Hull Dairycoates on 01/12/1958
ALLOC 53A Hull Dairycoates 4w/e 27/12/1958
ALLOC 56A Wakefield 5w/e 08/08/1964
ALLOC 51C West Hartlepool 4w/e 08/10/1966
WDN   on 12/07/1967

* 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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
07/1944 To Service To service as WD Number 8690
Built at Vulcan Foundry, Works Number 5091
   
01/1945 Renumbered Renumbered to 78690    
04/1947 Renumbered Renumbered to 3161    
1948 Number Allocated Allocated number 63161 but not taken up    
13/11/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Tyne Dock (TDK)    
10/11/1950 Renumbered Renumbered to 90482    
08/09/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Hull Dairycoates (53A)    
22/09/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Hull Dairycoates (53A)    
19/01/1957 Allocation Reallocated to Hull Springhead (53C)    
06/12/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Hull Dairycoates (53A)    
25/07/1964 Allocation Reallocated to Wakefield (56A)    
08/10/1966 Allocation Reallocated to West Hartlepool (51C)    
12/07/1967 Withdrawn Condemned as 90482    
11/1967 Scrapped Broken up by Arnott Young: Dinsdale    

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