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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
War Dept. 79263 m/e 02/1945
British Railways 90703 m/e 06/1949

Locomotive Specifics
Class WD/8
Company History WD
Wheels 2-8-0
Builder Vulcan Foundry
Order Number 2313
Works Number 5206
To Service During 02/1945
Withdrawal w/e Sun 11/07/1965
Service Life 20 yrs, 5 mths , 10 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 04/1966 at Cox and Danks (Wadsley Bridge)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 02/1945
91E   To Eastern Region (on loan) on 03/07/1947
CLK   Colwick w/e 04/09/1948
34E   New England w/e 07/05/1960
40E   Colwick w/e 23/06/1962
     Withdrawn w/e 11/07/1965

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
LOAN RET Retford Thrumpton (G.C.) on 03/07/1947
ALLOC NEV Neville Hill on 05/10/1947
ALLOC CLK Colwick w/e 04/09/1948
ALLOC 38A Colwick on 12/07/1953
ALLOC 34E New England 4w/e 14/05/1960
ALLOC 40E Colwick 2w/e 23/06/1962
WDN   w/e 11/07/1965

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
02/1945 To Service To service as WD Number 79263
Built at Vulcan Foundry, Works Number 5206
   
03/07/1947 Allocation Loaned to To Eastern Region (91E)    
04/09/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Colwick (CLK)    
06/1949 Renumbered Renumbered to 90703    
07/05/1960 Allocation Reallocated to New England (34E)    
23/06/1962 Allocation Reallocated to Colwick (40E)    
11/07/1965 Withdrawn Condemned as 90703    
04/1966 Scrapped Broken up by Cox and Danks: Wadsley Bridge    

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