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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
British Railways 78024 m/e 05/1954

Locomotive Specifics
Designer R. Riddles
Class Standard Class 2
Company History BR
Wheels 2-6-0
Builder Darlington Works
To Service During 05/1954 to Sheffield Millhouses (19B)
Withdrawal w/e Sat 20/02/1965
Service Life 10 yrs, 9 mths , 21 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 10/1965 at Birds (Long Marston)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
19B   Sheffield Millhouses (New) m/e 05/1954
36A   Doncaster w/e 06/01/1962
30A   Stratford w/e 04/08/1962
31B   March w/e 15/09/1962
51A   Darlington w/e 08/12/1962
52D   Tweedmouth w/e 19/10/1963
9G   Gorton on 29/11/1964
     Withdrawn w/e 20/02/1965

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
NEW 19B Sheffield Millhouses on 22/05/1954
LOAN 41C Sheffield Millhouses on 01/02/1958
ALLOC 41C Sheffield Millhouses on 23/02/1958
ALLOC 36A Doncaster on 01/01/1962
ALLOC 30A Stratford 4w/e 11/08/1962
ALLOC 31B March 4w/e 06/10/1962
ALLOC 51A Darlington w/e 08/12/1962
ALLOC 91NE   2w/e 15/12/1962
ALLOC 52D Tweedmouth 4w/e 09/11/1963
ALLOC 91M To London Midland Region 3w/e 05/12/1964
ALLOC 9G Gorton 4w/e 05/12/1964
WDN   w/e 20/02/1965

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/12/1961 Millhouses closure Millhouses M.P.D. (41C) was closed as from 31/12/61 and its allocation of locomotives distributed as follows : 41209/45/6, 43037, 45570/6/90/4, 45602/7/27/54/6/64/83/725, 45536, 46131/47/8/51/4, 46450, 61083/93, 61820/2, 73016/65/155 all to Canklow (41D); 78022/3/4/5 to Doncaster (36A). SLS/196203

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
05/1954 To Service To service as British Railways Number 78024
Built at Darlington Works
Allocated to Sheffield Millhouses (19B)
   
06/01/1962 Allocation Reallocated to Doncaster (36A)    
04/08/1962 Allocation Reallocated to Stratford (30A)    
15/09/1962 Allocation Reallocated to March (31B)    
08/12/1962 Allocation Reallocated to Darlington (51A)    
19/10/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Tweedmouth (52D)    
29/11/1964 Allocation Reallocated to Gorton (9G)    
20/02/1965 Withdrawn Condemned as 78024    
10/1965 Scrapped Broken up by Birds: Long Marston    

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