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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
War Dept. 79214 m/e 11/1944
British Railways 90680 m/e 10/1949

Locomotive Specifics
Class WD/8
Company History WD
Wheels 2-8-0
Builder Vulcan Foundry
Order Number 2307
Works Number 5157
To Service During 11/1944
Withdrawal Sat 21/01/1967
Service Life 22 yrs, 2 mths , 21 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 05/1967 at T W Ward (Killamarsh)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 11/1944
     Withdrawn on 21/01/1967
55D   Royston 4w/e 28/01/1967

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
LOAN 25B Huddersfield Hillhouse w/e 29/10/1949
WDN   on 21/01/1967
ALLOC 55D Royston 8w/e 25/02/1967

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/12/1947 W.D. \"Austerity\" 2-8-0\'s Position as at 31/12/47: By 31/12/47 the 700 W.D. 2-8-0's allocated to the Brtish Railways had all arrived in this country. The L.N.E.R. have their full 478 (i.e. original allocation of 410 plus 68 additional, vice 68 '0.6's' to the L.M.S.), and the Southern have their 50. The G.W.R. have 165 out of their total allocation of 172, the other 7 being at Harwich. The seven at Harwich are:-Nos. 70809, 70814, 70838, 70864, 77054, 78595, 79214. Of the 165 shown as 'on the G.W.R. system,' 89 are in traffic and the other 76 at Kingham and Marston. These 76 are officially classified as 'stabled awaiting heavy repair,' although it is believed that some of them have already been repaired in Belgium. The table below illustrates the final stages of the movement of W.D. 2-8-0's. TABLE REQUIRED HERE: Allocation On System 20/11/47 On System 18/12/47 On System 31/12/47 G.W.R. 172 157 161 165 L.N.E.R. 478 477 478 478 S.R. 50 50 50 50 Harwich 2 5 *7 Total in U.K. 700 686 694 700*For Western Region SLS/194804

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
11/1944 To Service To service as WD Number 79214
Built at Vulcan Foundry, Works Number 5157
   
10/1949 Renumbered Renumbered to 90680    
21/01/1967 Withdrawn Condemned as 90680    
28/01/1967 Allocation Reallocated to Royston (55D)    
05/1967 Scrapped Broken up by T W Ward: Killamarsh    

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