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**Numbers Carried**
Type	Number	Date From	Notes
Pre TOPS (Pre Tops)	D1846	29/05/1965
TOPS (47/0)	47196	02/1974

Locomotive Specifics

Class as Built

Subclass/Rebuild History

Class	From
47/0	29/05/1965

Wheel Arrangement

Co-Co

Builder

Crewe Works

Works Number

608

To Service

29/05/1965 to Crewe Diesel (5A)

Withdrawn

24/02/1994

Time in Service

28 yrs, 8 mths , 26 dys

Cut Up

on 28/02/1994

Cut At

Coopers Metals (Attercliffe)

Status

Scrapped

**Liveries Carried - WIP**
Code	Colour	Date From
GSYP	Two tone green with small yellow warning panel	29/05/1965
GFYE	Two tone green with full yellow ends	by 08/1968

**Allocations - WIP**
Code	Name		From Date
5A	Crewe Diesel (New)	on	29/05/1965
WL	Western Lines (LMR)	on	18/04/1966
D05	Stoke Division	on	17/06/1968
	Withdrawn	on	24/02/1994

**Modifications - WIP**
Date Modified	Order Number	Modification	Status	Charged to Capital	Charged to Revenue	Total Cost
by 03/1978		Modified headcode box (black blinds with 2 marker lights)

**Configuration - WIP**
Date	Configuration	Description	Additional	Diagram	Source
29/05/1965	xb	Dual brakes, Steam heat			Webb

**Summary**
Start	Event	Details
29/05/1965	To Service	To service as British Railways number D1846 Built at Crewe Works, Works Number 608 Allocated to Crewe Diesel (5A) Livery applied: Two tone green with small yellow warning panel
18/04/1966	Allocation	Reallocated to Western Lines (LMR) (WL)
17/06/1968	Allocation	Reallocated to Stoke Division (D05)
08/1968	Livery	Change of livery to Two tone green with full yellow ends
02/1974	Renumbered	Renumbered to 47196
03/1978	Modification	Modification: Modified headcode box (black blinds with 2 marker lights)
24/02/1994	Withdrawn	Condemned as 47196
28/02/1994	Scrapped	Broken up by Coopers Metals: Attercliffe

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