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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
British Railways 84000 on 04/07/1953

Locomotive Specifics
Designer R. Riddles
Class Standard Class 2 Tank
Company History BR
Wheels 2-6-2T
Builder Crewe Works
To Service Sat 04/07/1953 to Crewe North (5A)
Withdrawal Sat 30/10/1965
Service Life 12 yrs, 3 mths , 26 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 02/1966 at Buttigiegs (Newport)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
5A   Crewe North (New) on 04/07/1953
10D   Plodder Lane 8w/e 08/08/1953
6E   Wrexham Rhosddu 4w/e 27/03/1954
6C   Birkenhead Mollington Street 4w/e 11/08/1956
8B   Warrington Dallam w/e 17/06/1961
89D   Oswestry w/e 13/04/1963
6C   Croes Newydd w/e 23/01/1965
     Withdrawn on 30/10/1965

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
NEW 5A Crewe North w/e 04/07/1953
ALLOC 10D Plodder Lane 4w/e 08/08/1953
ALLOC 6E Wrexham Rhosddu 4w/e 17/04/1954
ALLOC 6C Birkenhead Mollington Street 4w/e 14/07/1956
ALLOC 8B Warrington Dallam 4w/e 01/07/1961
ALLOC 89D Oswestry 5w/e 04/05/1963
ALLOC 6C Croes Newydd 3w/e 06/02/1965
WDN   w/e 30/10/1965

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
26/03/1966 Awaiting Disposal (Shrewsbury) Shrewsbury: 7801/2/12/9/20/1/2/7/8, 41209, 42174, 42777, 46508, 48716, 73000/25/34/50/67/70, 75028/38, 80048/78/101/36, 84000/4, 90222/563/641; Stafford: 42958/64/82, 46527, 47480/666/777, 48112 (mainly labelled to Cashmore's, Great Bridge). SLS/196605

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
04/07/1953 To Service To service as British Railways Number 84000
Built at Crewe Works
Allocated to Crewe North (5A)
   
08/08/1953 Allocation Reallocated to Plodder Lane (10D)    
27/03/1954 Allocation Reallocated to Wrexham Rhosddu (6E)    
11/08/1956 Allocation Reallocated to Birkenhead Mollington Street (6C)    
17/06/1961 Allocation Reallocated to Warrington Dallam (8B)    
13/04/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Oswestry (89D)    
23/01/1965 Allocation Reallocated to Croes Newydd (6C)    
30/10/1965 Withdrawn Condemned as 84000    
02/1966 Scrapped Broken up by Buttigiegs: Newport    

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