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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
British Railways 70044 on 04/06/1953

Names Carried
Date From Name
04/06/1953 EARL HAIG

Locomotive Specifics
Designer R. Riddles
Class Britannia
Company History BR
Wheels 4-6-2
Builder Crewe Works
To Service Mon 04/06/1953 to Longsight (9A)
Withdrawal Mon 24/10/1966
Service Life 13 yrs, 4 mths , 20 dys

Disposal
Scrapping Mon 20/02/1967 at T W Ward (Beighton)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
9A   Longsight (New) on 04/06/1953
5A   Crewe North w/e 18/08/1962
5B   Crewe South w/e 29/05/1965
9D   Newton Heath w/e 24/07/1965
9B   Stockport Edgeley w/e 21/05/1966
     Withdrawn on 24/10/1966

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
NEW 32A Norwich Thorpe 4w/e 13/06/1953
ALLOC 9A Longsight 4w/e 12/06/1954
LOAN MEEDerby   4w/e 30/10/1954
ALLOC 9A Longsight 4w/e 25/12/1954
ALLOC 55A Holbeck (MR) 4w/e 27/12/1958
ALLOC 91E To Eastern Region 4w/e 27/12/1958
ALLOC 5A Crewe North 4w/e 08/09/1962
ALLOC 5B Crewe South 5w/e 12/06/1965
ALLOC 9D Newton Heath 4w/e 07/08/1965
ALLOC 9B Stockport Edgeley 5w/e 11/06/1966
WDN   w/e 29/10/1966

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
29/10/1961 Doncaster Works (Outside Crimpsal) New Erecting Shop: D3254, E3069-74. Stripping Road: D5802, 43151, 60003, 60108, 63936/60/81, 73000. Crimpsal: 60046, 60127. Outside Crimpsal: 61107, 63969, 70008/44. Scrap Yard: 60055, 61866, 64646, 65450/78 intact, 61979 being cut up. Boiler Park: 60025, 63980. Erecting Shop: D2021, D3153, D3447/8/76-8, D3646, D5520/83, D5600/6/9/66, D5805, D9004, 13166, 60021/65/89, 60162, 60525/38, 61003/89, 61143/62, 61389, 63927/73, 70000/13. Weigh House: D9016. Outside Weigh House: 60071/80. Paint Shop: D364, D5050/4, D5358, D5820, E3067/8, 43159, 61207, 61367. Paint Shop Yard : Nil. Works Shunters: Dpt10/1. SLS/196112
03/12/1961 Doncaster Works (Erecting Shop) New Erecting Shop: D3474/7, E3070-6. Stripping Road: 60027, 60138, 63938, 73003. Scrap Road: Nil. Crimpsal: 60157, 61317, 70049, 73035. Outside Crimpsal: 60007, 60103. Boiler Park: 60048, 60109/51. Erecting Shop: D2026, D3153, D3325, D3451/74, D3646 D5520/68/9, D5612/3, D8215, 60029/71, 60149/60, 60523, 61286, 62048,, 63931/56/73, 70008/36/44, 73000/24. Outside Erecting Shop: 60148, 62034. Weigh House: D3478, D5050. Outside Weigh House: 60023, 61042. Paint Shop: D369, D5363, D5825, D9001/18, E3069, 60046, 61107, 63960/81/7, 73054. Paint Shop Yard: Nil. Works Shunters: DEPT. 10/1. SLS/196201
20/09/1964 Crewe Works (Paint Shop Yard) Paint Shop: D1622 painted, D1623 undercoat, D1626 undercoat, D1627 undercoat, D6786, 26049. Arrival Sidings: 42233, 42267, 42651, 42665, 44667, 45031, 45038, 45249, 48050, 48056, 48153, 48205, 48206, 48252, 48267, 48301, 48365, 48558, 48617, 78023, 92157. Works Siding adjacent to Scrap Road: 48069, 48155, 48202, 48310, 48657. Scrap Road: 42092, 48341, 84023. Traction Shop: D338, D371, E3012, 26025, 27004, 27005. Traction Shop Yard: D203, D274, D304, D379, D1646, D1647, D1648, D1649, D1650, D1651 shell, D8055. Erecting Shop Yard: D221, D232, D348, 42115, 48450, 70031. Minor Repair Road: 44688, 45195, 45455. Erecting Shop: D237, D244, D290, D301, D306, D329, D370, D380, D1624 undercoat, D1628 undercoat, D1629 undercoat, D1630 motors mounted, D1631 motors mounted, D1632 motors mounted, D1633, D1634, D1635, D1636, D1637, D1638, D1639, D1640, D1641, D1642, D1643, D1644, D1645 shell, D5706, D6768, D8017, D8056, 42436, 42546, 44664, 44779, 44814, 44835, 45005, 45327, 46487, 48057, 48218, 48247, 48335, 48351, 48356, 48357, 48364, 48435, 48540, 70022, 84015, 84025. Works Yard: 42186, 42421, 42608, 44663, 44715, 44803, 44857, 45103, 45307, 45392, 45716, 46491, 48002, 48024, 48081, 48160, 48334, 48552, 48721, 70033, 70034, 70053, 92024, 92100, 92139, 92206, 92223, 92231. Paint Shop Yard: D213, D276, D283, D354, D1621 painted, D333, D1625 undercoat, D6788, D8045, D8052, 42072, 45112, 45325, 48253, 48548, 48676, 70001, 70009, 70044, 78044. SLS/196410

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
04/06/1953 To Service To service as British Railways Number 70044, name: EARL HAIG
Built at Crewe Works
Allocated to Longsight (9A)
   
18/08/1962 Allocation Reallocated to Crewe North (5A)    
29/05/1965 Allocation Reallocated to Crewe South (5B)    
24/07/1965 Allocation Reallocated to Newton Heath (9D)    
21/05/1966 Allocation Reallocated to Stockport Edgeley (9B)    
24/10/1966 Withdrawn Condemned as 70044    
20/02/1967 Scrapped Broken up by T W Ward: Beighton    

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