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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
War Dept. 7357 m/e 09/1943
War Dept. 77357 m/e 01/1945
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 3016 m/e 02/1947
British Railways (1st BR) 63016 w/e 17/04/1948
British Railways 90016 m/e 09/1950

Locomotive Specifics
Class WD/8
Company History WD
Wheels 2-8-0
Builder North British Locomotive Company, Glasgow
Order Number L943
Works Number 25222
To Service During 09/1943
Withdrawal Sat 24/06/1967
Service Life 23 yrs, 9 mths , 24 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 11/1967 at Drapers (Hull)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 09/1943
51L   Thornaby 5w/e 14/06/1958
56A   Wakefield w/e 28/03/1959
51A   Darlington w/e 18/06/1960
52H   Tyne Dock w/e 08/12/1962
56A   Wakefield w/e 21/12/1963
51C   West Hartlepool 4w/e 27/02/1965
50B   Hull Dairycoates 4w/e 26/03/1966
50D   Goole 4w/e 31/12/1966
     Withdrawn on 24/06/1967

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
LOAN NPT Newport (Teeside) on 11/12/1945
ALLOC 51L Thornaby on 08/06/1958
ALLOC 56A Wakefield 4w/e 18/04/1959
ALLOC 51A Darlington 3w/e 02/07/1960
ALLOC 52H Tyne Dock w/e 08/12/1962
ALLOC 56A Wakefield 5w/e 11/01/1964
ALLOC 51C West Hartlepool 4w/e 27/02/1965
ALLOC 50B Hull Dairycoates 4w/e 26/03/1966
ALLOC 50D Goole 8w/e 31/12/1966
WDN   on 24/06/1967

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/12/1946 General The following Austerity Engines taken into N.E. Area stock on 28/12/46 and now classified O7:- Allocated: Newport: 70800/24/37/47/72, 77276/90, 77357, 77506, 78520/34/70, 78633/56/62/74/87/90, 78718, 79285. Heaton: 70815, 77146, 77298, 78577, 78646/53. Springhead: 70804, 77002, 77110, 77211/54, 77474, 78540. York: 77316, 77486, 78680/91/6/8/9, 79185, 79240/88 SLS/194704
28/11/1953 Darlington Works North Road have cut up 65022 an 65497 from E.R. also 'Sentinel' 8137 (still L.N.E.R. lettering and numbers). Waiting Works are: 68035/923/68/71, 61017/60/71, 61214/55, 61422, 62773, 63357/72, 63468, 67635/69, 67761/6/7, 69783, 90016/55/162/8/430/4/633/96. 67669 is dual fitted. 69783 has a chimney like the old A6 class carried. SLS/195402

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
09/1943 To Service To service as WD Number 7357
Built at North British Locomotive Company, Glasgow, Works Number 25222
   
01/1945 Renumbered Renumbered to 77357    
02/1947 Renumbered Renumbered to 3016    
17/04/1948 Renumbered Renumbered to 63016    
09/1950 Renumbered Renumbered to 90016    
14/06/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Thornaby (51L)    
28/03/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Wakefield (56A)    
18/06/1960 Allocation Reallocated to Darlington (51A)    
08/12/1962 Allocation Reallocated to Tyne Dock (52H)    
21/12/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Wakefield (56A)    
27/02/1965 Allocation Reallocated to West Hartlepool (51C)    
26/03/1966 Allocation Reallocated to Hull Dairycoates (50B)    
31/12/1966 Allocation Reallocated to Goole (50D)    
24/06/1967 Withdrawn Condemned as 90016    
11/1967 Scrapped Broken up by Drapers: Hull    

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