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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
British Railways 75074 on 18/11/1955

Locomotive Specifics
Designer R. Riddles
Class Standard Class 4
Company History BR
Wheels 4-6-0
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 409
To Service Sun 18/11/1955 to Exmouth Junction (72A)
Withdrawal w/e Sun 09/07/1967
Service Life 11 yrs, 7 mths , 21 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 10/1967 at R A Kings (Norwich)

Tenders
Type Number From Company Water Coal
BR1B 1038 18/11/1955 BR 4,725g 7t 0cwt

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
72A   Exmouth Junction (New) on 18/11/1955
71A   Eastleigh 6w/e 15/06/1956
70D   Basingstoke 7w/e 08/10/1957
73A   Stewarts Lane w/e 11/03/1959
75C   Norwood Junction 4w/e 22/07/1963
70D   Eastleigh m/e 06/01/1964
70A   Nine Elms m/e 14/09/1964
70D   Eastleigh 4w/e 08/06/1965
     Withdrawn w/e 09/07/1967

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
NEW 72A Exmouth Junction on 18/11/1955
NEW 91S To Southern Region m/e 30/11/1955
ALLOC 71A Eastleigh 8w/e 05/06/1956
ALLOC 70D Basingstoke q/e 08/10/1957
ALLOC 73A Stewarts Lane q/e 12/01/1959
ALLOC 75C Norwood Junction 4w/e 22/07/1963
ALLOC 70D Eastleigh 4w/e 29/12/1963
ALLOC 70A Nine Elms 4w/e 14/09/1964
ALLOC 70D Eastleigh P 06/06/1965
WDN   w/e 09/07/1967

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
12/08/1967 Salisbury MPD On 12th August, the following locomotives were in store at Salisbury (70E): USA 0-6-0T 30064/7/9/71/2, W/C Pacific 34102, WC/BB Pacific (Reb.) 34018/21/4/5/37/40/56/60/87/9/90/8, 34104/8, LMS 2-6-2T 41312/9, BR 5MT 4-6-0 73022/9/43/65/85/93, 73115/7/8/55, BR 4MT 4-6-0 75074/5/7, BR 4MT 2-6-0 76005/6/7/11/31/64/6/7, BR 4MT 2-6-4T 80015/6/133/9/40/3/5/6/51/2 and BR 3MT 2-6-2T 82019/29. SLS/196709

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
18/11/1955 To Service To service as British Railways Number 75074
Built at Swindon Works
Allocated to Exmouth Junction (72A)
Tender fitted: BR1B
   
15/06/1956 Allocation Reallocated to Eastleigh (71A)    
08/10/1957 Allocation Reallocated to Basingstoke (70D)    
11/03/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Stewarts Lane (73A)    
22/07/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Norwood Junction (75C)    
06/01/1964 Allocation Reallocated to Eastleigh (70D)    
14/09/1964 Allocation Reallocated to Nine Elms (70A)    
08/06/1965 Allocation Reallocated to Eastleigh (70D)    
09/07/1967 Withdrawn Condemned as 75074    
10/1967 Scrapped Broken up by R A Kings: Norwich    

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