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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
British Railways 73091 on 14/10/1955

Locomotive Specifics
Designer R. Riddles
Class Standard Class 5
Company History BR
Wheels 4-6-0
Builder Derby Works
To Service Fri 14/10/1955 to Patricroft (10C)
Withdrawal Fri 21/05/1965
Service Life 9 yrs, 7 mths , 7 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 08/1965 at Birds (Risca)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
10C   Patricroft (New) on 14/10/1955
84G   Shrewsbury 4w/e 06/09/1958
85C   Gloucester Barnwood 4w/e 07/10/1961
85B   Gloucester Horton Road 3w/e 04/05/1964
     Withdrawn on 21/05/1965

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
NEW 10C Patricroft w/e 15/10/1955
ALLOC 84G Shrewsbury 4w/e 06/09/1958
LOAN 91W To Western Region / GWR 4w/e 06/09/1958
ALLOC 91M To London Midland Region m/e 30/09/1958
ALLOC 91W To Western Region / GWR 4w/e 04/10/1958
ALLOC 85C Gloucester Barnwood 4w/e 07/10/1961
ALLOC 85B Gloucester Horton Road 3w/e 04/05/1964
TOSTORE   5w/e 16/05/1965
WDN   4w/e 13/06/1965

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/08/1961 Bristol Barrow Road 45572/7, 45651/60/90/9 have been allocated to Shrewsbury whilst from latter 73094 is to go to Barrow Road and 73091/2/3 to Gloucester Barnwood. SLS/196110
10/01/1963 Birmingham One incident during many which occurred during the bad weather was on 10th January, when the 7-35 a.m. Bristol-Bradford arrived in New Street hauled by B1 61337 piloted by 0-6-0PT 9453! They had replaced a diesel failure and were in turn replaced by 73091; however, this developed vacuum trouble and finally the train was cancelled at 1-10 p.m. (it was then over 3 hours late ) and the stock taken to Saltley. On 15th January, the Fawley tank empties were hauled through New St. by GWR 2-8-0 2841 . SLS/196302
17/03/1963 Carlisle Kingmoor MPD (Erecting Shop- No. 1 bay) In steam at Kingmoor on 17th March were 46223/6/44/55. Stored on same day at Kingmoor were-42320, 42830/4/7/75/82-4/99, 42906, 44341, 45640/80,18, 46124/200/1, 47211/81, 47342/58, 47481, 58160 an 90763. SLS/196304
11/04/1963 Derby Works (Erecting Shop- No. 1 bay) Erecting Shop- No. 1 bay: 41535, 43915 being cut up, 47276, 48274, 73086/91, 75059, D2220, D2913, D3020, D3178, ED6/7; Erecting Shop- No. 2 bay: D73, D123 an D5093; Erecting Shop- No. 3 bay: D5203-5215 new construction. Diesel Erecting Shop: D33, D42, D78, D82/3, D90/2, D127. Diesel Finishing Shop: D4, D40, D5200-2 under construction. Paint Shop: D5196/7. Test House: D55, D64, D109, D140, D5082, D5191, D5198/9. Yard (by paint shop): 40157, 42146 an 42585 broken up; 47003 frames; D7, D61, D126, D149, D152, D2236, D5010/20/76/82/90/1, D5143/92/4/5. Foundry Sdg.: 40022, 42302/29/91, 42472, 42500, 44100, D2911. Stone Pit: 44268, 73021. SLS/196304
27/04/1963 Birmingham Excursions (Erecting Shop- No. 1 bay) On Saturday, 27th April, fifteen excursions were run from Southampton area for the football match at Villa Park; ten travelled via Basingstoke, Oxford and Leamington utilising 34028/40/2/5/50/2/88/94/8 whilst 7919(81D) had taken over from a failed Wset Country in the Reading area. Three travelled by same route to Oxford thence Worcester and Stourbridge Junc. being piloted therefrom by LMR 8Fs, the pilots working through to Snow Hill instead of being detached at Oldbury after climbing Old Hill bank-viz. 34009/48417, 34039/48478 and 34046/48430; the remaining two arrived at New St. behind Bristol jubilees 45682/90, one having travelled via the SDJR and the other via Salisbury. On same date, B1 61105(41A) worked a Manchester-Stratford-on-Avon special but was replaced on return working by Hall 6948 after 'failing' at Tyseley; it was used by latter shed during the next week on local turns. SLS/196304

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
14/10/1955 To Service To service as British Railways Number 73091
Built at Derby Works
Allocated to Patricroft (10C)
   
06/09/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Shrewsbury (84G)    
07/10/1961 Allocation Reallocated to Gloucester Barnwood (85C)    
04/05/1964 Allocation Reallocated to Gloucester Horton Road (85B)    
21/05/1965 Withdrawn Condemned as 73091    
08/1965 Scrapped Broken up by Birds: Risca    

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