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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
War Dept. 8698 m/e 08/1944
War Dept. 78698 m/e 01/1945
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 3166 m/e 03/1947
British Railways (1st BR) 63166 w/e 26/06/1948
British Railways 90487 on 09/12/1950

Locomotive Specifics
Class WD/8
Company History WD
Wheels 2-8-0
Builder Vulcan Foundry
Order Number 2300
Works Number 5099
To Service During 08/1944
Withdrawal Mon 26/08/1963
Service Life 19 yrs , 26 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 10/1963 at Locomotive Works (Doncaster)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 08/1944
NPT   Newport (Teeside) w/e 12/02/1949
50A   York (North) 5w/e 20/07/1957
55E   Normanton 4w/e 21/09/1957
     Withdrawn on 26/08/1963

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC HTN Heaton on 20/04/1947
ALLOC NPT Newport (Teeside) w/e 12/02/1949
ALLOC 50A York (North) 4w/e 13/07/1957
ALLOC 55E Normanton 4w/e 05/10/1957
WDN   on 26/08/1963
ALLOC 56A Wakefield 5w/e 11/01/1964

* 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
08/1944 To Service To service as WD Number 8698
Built at Vulcan Foundry, Works Number 5099
   
01/1945 Renumbered Renumbered to 78698    
03/1947 Renumbered Renumbered to 3166    
26/06/1948 Renumbered Renumbered to 63166    
12/02/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Newport (Teeside) (NPT)    
09/12/1950 Renumbered Renumbered to 90487    
20/07/1957 Allocation Reallocated to York (North) (50A)    
21/09/1957 Allocation Reallocated to Normanton (55E)    
26/08/1963 Withdrawn Condemned as 90487    
10/1963 Scrapped Broken up by Locomotive Works: Doncaster    

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