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**Numbers Carried**
Type	Number	Date From	Notes
Pre TOPS (Pre Tops)	D861	14/02/1962

**Names Carried**
Name	Date From
VIGILANT	14/02/1962

Locomotive Specifics

Class as Built

Subclass/Rebuild History

Class	From
43	14/02/1962

Wheel Arrangement

B-B

Builder

North British Locomotive Company, Glasgow

Order Number

L100

Works Number

27990

Fittings (as built)

Train Brakes	Vacuum Brakes fitted
Steam Boiler	Stone OK4616
AWS	Western Region AWS (ATC) fitted
Multiple Fitting	White Diamond

To Service

14/02/1962 to Laira (83D)

Withdrawn

03/10/1971

Time in Service

9 yrs, 7 mths , 19 dys

Total Mileage

689,000 miles

Cut Up

on 29/07/1972

Cut At

Locomotive Works (Swindon)

Status

Scrapped

**Allocations - WIP**
Code	Name		From Date
83D	Laira (New)	on	14/02/1962
83A	Newton Abbot	4w/e	11/07/1965
83A	Newton Abbot	8w/e	16/08/1969
	Withdrawn	on	03/10/1971

**Configuration - WIP**
Date	Configuration	Description	Additional	Diagram	Source
14/02/1962	vb	Vacuum brakes, Steam heat	WR ATC

**Fires**
Date of Fire	Severity	Damage	Source of Fire	Material	Details	Location
23/06/1963	Not severe		Hot engine parts, including exhaust blows	Fuel or lubricating oil sprays or leaks
15/06/1970	Not severe		Hot engine parts, including exhaust blows	Fuel or lubricating oil sprays or leaks	Freight working

**Summary**
Start	Event	Details
14/02/1962	To Service	To service as British Railways number D861, name: VIGILANT Built at North British Locomotive Company, Glasgow, Works Number 27990 Allocated to Laira (83D)
11/07/1965	Allocation	Reallocated to Newton Abbot (83A)
16/08/1969	Allocation	Reallocated to Newton Abbot (83A)
03/10/1971	Withdrawn	Condemned as 861
29/07/1972	Scrapped	Broken up by Locomotive Works: Swindon

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