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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
War Dept. 7307 m/e 04/1943
War Dept. 77307 m/e 01/1945
British Railways 90223 m/e 03/1951

Locomotive Specifics
Class WD/8
Company History WD
Wheels 2-8-0
Builder North British Locomotive Company, Glasgow
Order Number L943
Works Number 25187
To Service During 04/1943
Withdrawal During 03/1965
Service Life 21 yrs, 10 mths , 28 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 10/1965 at Garnham, Harris and Elton (Chesterfield)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 04/1943
MEX   Mexborough w/e 04/09/1948
40A   Lincoln 4w/e 29/12/1951
40B   Immingham 4w/e 18/04/1953
34E   New England w/e 21/02/1959
40A   Lincoln w/e 29/09/1962
36E   Retford Thrumpton (G.C.) w/e 28/09/1963
     Withdrawn m/e 03/1965
36C   Frodingham w/e 19/06/1965

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
LOAN NEV Neville Hill on 19/06/1947
ALLOC MEX Mexborough w/e 04/09/1948
ALLOC 40A Lincoln 4w/e 29/12/1951
ALLOC 40B Immingham 4w/e 18/04/1953
ALLOC 34E New England 4w/e 21/02/1959
ALLOC 40A Lincoln 4w/e 06/10/1962
ALLOC 36E Retford Thrumpton (G.C.) 6w/e 05/10/1963
ALLOC 36C Frodingham 2w/e 26/06/1965
WDN   w/e 15/08/1965

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
09/09/1963 Lincoln MPD The allocation of D1531/2/3/4 to Darnall has released Brush d/es D5801/2/3/53/4 for work at Lincoln and eventual elimination of steam but on 9th September the steam allocation was-43086/95/104/5/49, 61006/26/41/2/58/89/95/107/13/62/223/58/348/84/409, 90223/460/577. SLS/196310

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
04/1943 To Service To service as WD Number 7307
Built at North British Locomotive Company, Glasgow, Works Number 25187
   
01/1945 Renumbered Renumbered to 77307    
04/09/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Mexborough (MEX)    
03/1951 Renumbered Renumbered to 90223    
29/12/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Lincoln (40A)    
18/04/1953 Allocation Reallocated to Immingham (40B)    
21/02/1959 Allocation Reallocated to New England (34E)    
29/09/1962 Allocation Reallocated to Lincoln (40A)    
28/09/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Retford Thrumpton (G.C.) (36E)    
03/1965 Withdrawn Condemned as 90223    
19/06/1965 Allocation Reallocated to Frodingham (36C)    
10/1965 Scrapped Broken up by Garnham, Harris and Elton: Chesterfield    

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