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Numbers Carried
Type Number Date From
NER 6 1914
LNER (1946) (1946) 6493 05/1946
Pre TOPS (Pre Tops) 26505 1949

Locomotive Specifics
Class EB1
Wheels Bo-Bo
Builder Darlington Works
To Service 1914
To Service At Shildon (SHI)
Withdrawn 21/08/1950
Time in Service 36 yrs, 8 mths , 22 dys
Cut Up 08/1951
Cut At Wanty & Co. Catcliffe, Sheffield
Status Scrapped

Allocations
Code Name Date From
SHI Shildon (New) y/e 1914
SHI Shildon m/e 07/1915
   Stored (at Darlington Works - Stooperdale Paint Shop) on 08/07/1935
   Stored (Ferryhill (Co. Durham)) y/e 1939
   Stored (South Gosforth) y/e 1947
   Withdrawn on 21/08/1950


Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
1914 To Service To service as North Eastern Railway number E6
Built at Darlington Works
   
07/1915 Allocation Reallocated to Shildon (SHI)    
08/07/1935 To Store To Store at Darlington Works (DAW) (Stooperdale Paint Shop)    
1939 To Store To Store at Ferryhill (Co. Durham) (FER)    
05/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 6493    
1947 To Store To Store at South Gosforth (SGTH)    
1949 Renumbered Renumbered to 26505    
21/08/1950 Withdrawn Condemned as 26505    
08/1951 Scrapped Broken up by Wanty & Co.: Catcliffe, Sheffield    

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