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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
War Dept. 8699 m/e 08/1944
War Dept. 78699 m/e 01/1945
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 3167 m/e 04/1947
British Railways (1st BR) 63167 w/e 24/04/1948
British Railways 90488 on 02/12/1950

Locomotive Specifics
Class WD/8
Company History WD
Wheels 2-8-0
Builder Vulcan Foundry
Order Number 2300
Works Number 5100
To Service During 08/1944
Withdrawal Mon 07/12/1964
Service Life 20 yrs, 4 mths , 6 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 05/1965 at T W Ward (Beighton)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 08/1944
NEV   Neville Hill w/e 13/11/1948
NPT   Newport (Teeside) w/e 13/08/1949
51L   Thornaby 5w/e 14/06/1958
55D   Royston w/e 18/04/1959
     Withdrawn on 07/12/1964

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
LOAN YK York (North) on 24/11/1945
ALLOC NEV Neville Hill w/e 13/11/1948
ALLOC NPT Newport (Teeside) w/e 13/08/1949
ALLOC 51L Thornaby on 08/06/1958
ALLOC 55D Royston 4w/e 18/04/1959
WDN   on 07/12/1964

* 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 8699
Built at Vulcan Foundry, Works Number 5100
   
01/1945 Renumbered Renumbered to 78699    
04/1947 Renumbered Renumbered to 3167    
24/04/1948 Renumbered Renumbered to 63167    
13/11/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Neville Hill (NEV)    
13/08/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Newport (Teeside) (NPT)    
02/12/1950 Renumbered Renumbered to 90488    
14/06/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Thornaby (51L)    
18/04/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Royston (55D)    
07/12/1964 Withdrawn Condemned as 90488    
05/1965 Scrapped Broken up by T W Ward: Beighton    

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