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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
British Railways 78040 on 11/12/1954

Locomotive Specifics
Designer R. Riddles
Class Standard Class 2
Company History BR
Wheels 2-6-0
Builder Darlington Works
To Service Sat 11/12/1954 to Bank Hall (27A)
Withdrawal w/e Sat 22/01/1966
Service Life 11 yrs, 1 mth , 11 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 05/1966 at T W Ward (Beighton)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
27A   Bank Hall (New) on 11/12/1954
27D   Wigan Central (L&Y) 4w/e 23/02/1957
27B   Aintree w/e 14/01/1961
10D   Lostock Hall w/e 11/04/1964
     Withdrawn w/e 22/01/1966

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
NEW 27A Bank Hall w/e 11/12/1954
ALLOC 27D Wigan Central (L&Y) 4w/e 23/02/1957
ALLOC 27B Aintree 5w/e 04/02/1961
ALLOC 10D Lostock Hall 4w/e 02/05/1964
WDN   w/e 22/01/1966

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
11/12/1954 To Service To service as British Railways Number 78040
Built at Darlington Works
Allocated to Bank Hall (27A)
   
23/02/1957 Allocation Reallocated to Wigan Central (L&Y) (27D)    
14/01/1961 Allocation Reallocated to Aintree (27B)    
11/04/1964 Allocation Reallocated to Lostock Hall (10D)    
22/01/1966 Withdrawn Condemned as 78040    
05/1966 Scrapped Broken up by T W Ward: Beighton    

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