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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
War Dept. 79261 m/e 01/1945
British Railways 90701 on 22/02/1949 (at Scotswood)

Locomotive Specifics
Class WD/8
Company History WD
Wheels 2-8-0
Builder Vulcan Foundry
Order Number 2308
Works Number 5204
To Service During 01/1945
Withdrawal w/e Sat 01/12/1962
Service Life 17 yrs, 11 mths , 0 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 06/1963 at Locomotive Works (Crewe, Cheshire)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 01/1945
SPM   St Philips Marsh on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
WES   Westbury 4w/e 03/12/1949
83E   St Blazey m/e 28/02/1951
83B   Taunton 4w/e 31/03/1951
86A   Ebbw Junction (Newport) 4w/e 16/06/1951
86A   Ebbw Junction (Newport) 6w/e 30/06/1951
86C   Cardiff Canton 4w/e 11/08/1951
86C   Cardiff Canton 4w/e 31/08/1951
86C   Cardiff Canton m/e 31/10/1951
87A   Neath (Court Sart) 4w/e 21/02/1953
84G   Shrewsbury 4w/e 18/04/1953
86G   Pontypool Road 4w/e 25/01/1958
18B   Westhouses w/e 18/07/1959
2F   Woodford Halse w/e 19/09/1959
     Withdrawn w/e 01/12/1962

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
LOAN SPM St Philips Marsh m/e 30/11/1946
LOAN WES Westbury m/e 31/12/1949
ALLOC 83E St Blazey m/e 28/02/1951
ALLOC 86A Ebbw Junction (Newport) 4w/e 16/06/1951
ALLOC 86C Cardiff Canton 4w/e 11/08/1951
ALLOC 86C Cardiff Canton m/e 31/10/1951
ALLOC 87A Neath (Court Sart) 4w/e 21/02/1953
ALLOC 84G Shrewsbury 4w/e 18/04/1953
ALLOC 84G Shrewsbury 4w/e 06/11/1954
ALLOC 86G Pontypool Road 4w/e 28/12/1957
TOSTORE   4w/e 09/08/1958
ALLOC 18B Westhouses on 12/07/1959
ALLOC 91M To London Midland Region m/e 31/07/1959
LOAN 2F Woodford Halse 3w/e 26/09/1959
ALLOC 2F Woodford Halse 4w/e 26/03/1960
WDN   w/e 01/12/1962

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
28/02/1951 Western Region WD\'s So far as our records show, the number of 8F/2-8-0/WD working on the Western Region has been reduced to 30, as follow: 90148 (83D), 77184 (86A), 77200 (82B), 77203 (85B), 90188 (87K), 90201 (86E), 77247 (82B), 90214 (84K), 90225 (87K), 77326 (82B), 77368 (86A), 77380 (86G), 77408 (85A), 70801 (82C), 70808 (87F), 77288 (86E), 77289 (82B), 90524 (85C), 90529 (81F), 77099 (86G), 77102 (86A), 90572 (84K), 77116 (82B), 90579 (87K), 90630 (82D), 90685 (84E), 79225 (84K), 79232 (85A), 90701 (82D), 90716 (86E). SLS/195104

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
01/1945 To Service To service as WD Number 79261
Built at Vulcan Foundry, Works Number 5204
   
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - St Philips Marsh (SPM)    
22/02/1949 Renumbered Renumbered to 90701    
03/12/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Westbury (WES)    
28/02/1951 Allocation Reallocated to St Blazey (83E)    
31/03/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Taunton (83B)    
16/06/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Ebbw Junction (Newport) (86A)    
30/06/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Ebbw Junction (Newport) (86A)    
11/08/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Cardiff Canton (86C)    
31/08/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Cardiff Canton (86C)    
31/10/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Cardiff Canton (86C)    
21/02/1953 Allocation Reallocated to Neath (Court Sart) (87A)    
18/04/1953 Allocation Reallocated to Shrewsbury (84G)    
25/01/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Pontypool Road (86G)    
18/07/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Westhouses (18B)    
19/09/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Woodford Halse (2F)    
01/12/1962 Withdrawn Condemned as 90701    
06/1963 Scrapped Broken up by Locomotive Works: Crewe, Cheshire    

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