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Record: 10235 (26/09/2023)
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Numbers Carried
| Company |
Number |
|
Date From |
| War Dept. |
864 |
m/e |
07/1944 |
| War Dept. |
70864 |
m/e |
01/1945 |
| British Railways |
90336 |
m/e |
01/1950 |
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SLS Allocations*
| Type |
Code |
Name |
|
From Date |
| LOAN |
25G |
Farnley Junction |
w/e |
14/01/1950 |
| ALLOC |
55D |
Royston |
4w/e |
11/07/1959 |
| ALLOC |
56A |
Wakefield |
4w/e |
09/11/1963 |
| WDN |
|
|
on |
09/01/1966 |
* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced
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Mentions ...
| Report Date |
Title |
Report |
Source |
| 30/11/1945 |
Austerities |
It is reported that 500 Austerity 2-8-0 locomotives are to be returned from the Continent and put into traffic on the British Railways, and it will be seen from the L.N.E.R notes, that some have arrived already. Those sent to March arrived with their packing in position and did not apear to have been in traffic overseas. It is believed that considerable dumps of these engines exist in this state and it is not impossible that the whole 500 have been surplus in this manner. We understand that the L.N.E.R. will receive 120 of them.
280 locos. of this class have been sold to the Netherlands State Railways. Belgium: Locomotives are allocated as follows: Merelbeke: 70877, 77079, 77178, 77289, 77381/8, 77292, 77468, 78528/77/84, 79222/30(Merelbeke). Ostend: 70864, 77278/8314, 78519/27/60/1/4/89(Ostend). Tournai: 77095, 77285, 77447, 79211(Tournai). Louven: 70823(Louven). Brussells (Midi): 70865(Brussels Midi). Ghent Zee-Haven: 75002/3/82, 75136(Ghent Zee-Haven). Schaerbeck: 71491, 75055(Schaerbeck). Stored at Ostend (6/45): 70865. 77021/31/7/69/82, 77117/51/4/6/75/83/9/91, 77236, 77344, 78527/64/89, 78619, 79238/46/51. The last-mentioned six are N.B. 25325/50/80 and V.F. 5181/9/94, all 1944. |
SLS/194602 |
| 31/12/1947 |
W.D. \"Austerity\" 2-8-0\'s |
Position as at 31/12/47: By 31/12/47 the 700 W.D. 2-8-0's allocated to the Brtish Railways had all arrived in this country. The L.N.E.R. have their full 478 (i.e. original allocation of 410 plus 68 additional, vice 68 '0.6's' to the L.M.S.), and the Southern have their 50. The G.W.R. have 165 out of their total allocation of 172, the other 7 being at Harwich. The seven at Harwich are:-Nos. 70809, 70814, 70838, 70864, 77054, 78595, 79214. Of the 165 shown as 'on the G.W.R. system,' 89 are in traffic and the other 76 at Kingham and Marston. These 76 are officially classified as 'stabled awaiting heavy repair,' although it is believed that some of them have already been repaired in Belgium. The table below illustrates the final stages of the movement of W.D. 2-8-0's. TABLE REQUIRED HERE: Allocation On System 20/11/47 On System 18/12/47 On System 31/12/47 G.W.R. 172 157 161 165 L.N.E.R. 478 477 478 478 S.R. 50 50 50 50 Harwich 2 5 *7 Total in U.K. 700 686 694 700*For Western Region |
SLS/194804 |
Summary
| Date |
Event |
Details |
Source |
See Also |
| 07/1944 |
To Service |
To service as WD Number 864
Built at North British Locomotive Company, Glasgow, Works Number 24934 |
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| 01/1945 |
Renumbered |
Renumbered to 70864 |
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| 01/1950 |
Renumbered |
Renumbered to 90336 |
|
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| 14/01/1950 |
Reinstated |
Reinstated to Farnley Junction (25G) |
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| 20/06/1959 |
Allocation |
Reallocated to Royston (55D) |
|
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| 26/10/1963 |
Allocation |
Reallocated to Wakefield (56A) |
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| 09/01/1966 |
Withdrawn |
Condemned as 90336 |
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| 04/1966 |
Scrapped |
Broken up by Drapers: Hull |
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