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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
British Railways 76045 on 09/03/1955

Locomotive Specifics
Designer R. Riddles
Class Standard Class 4
Company History BR
Wheels 2-6-0
Builder Doncaster Works
To Service Mon 09/03/1955 to Gateshead (52A)
Withdrawal w/e Mon 10/01/1966
Service Life 10 yrs, 10 mths , 1 dy

Disposal
Scrapping During 06/1966 at Motherwell Machinery and Scrap (Wishaw)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
52A   Gateshead (New) on 09/03/1955
52C   Blaydon 5w/e 22/10/1955
52A   Gateshead 5w/e 21/01/1956
51F   West Auckland 3w/e 16/06/1956
65F   Grangemouth 4w/e 02/11/1963
66E   Carstairs 5w/e 30/10/1965
     Withdrawn w/e 10/01/1966

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
NEW 52A Gateshead on 09/03/1955
ALLOC 52C Blaydon 4w/e 08/10/1955
ALLOC 52A Gateshead 4w/e 31/12/1955
ALLOC 51F West Auckland 4w/e 23/06/1956
ALLOC 65F Grangemouth 4w/e 09/11/1963
ALLOC 91X To Scottish Region 4w/e 09/11/1963
ALLOC 66E Carstairs 3w/e 30/10/1965
WDN   w/e 10/01/1966

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
12/11/1961 Doncaster Works (Outside Erecting Shop) New Erecting Shop: 13166, D8239, E3069-75; Outside New Erecting Shop: D5583, 61042, 61317, 73000/165. Stripping Road: 60015, 63973/87, 70041. Crimpsal: D3646. 43151, 60108; Outside Crimpsall: 60003/29/149, 73024 (89A). Erecting Shop: D3153, D3447/8, D3476-8, D5520, D5609/37/66, D5802, 43160, 60023/65/127/525, 70000/8, 73054; Outside Erecting Shop: 60154, 76045. Weigh House: D366; Outside Weigh House: 61389. Paint Shop: E3068, D3254, D5050, D5360, D5606, D5822 (Brush 323/61), D9017 (EE2922, V574 of 1961), 60021/162, 62037, 63980, 70013. Works Shunters: Dpt10/1. SLS/196112

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
09/03/1955 To Service To service as British Railways Number 76045
Built at Doncaster Works
Allocated to Gateshead (52A)
   
22/10/1955 Allocation Reallocated to Blaydon (52C)    
21/01/1956 Allocation Reallocated to Gateshead (52A)    
16/06/1956 Allocation Reallocated to West Auckland (51F)    
02/11/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Grangemouth (65F)    
30/10/1965 Allocation Reallocated to Carstairs (66E)    
10/01/1966 Withdrawn Condemned as 76045    
06/1966 Scrapped Broken up by Motherwell Machinery and Scrap: Wishaw    

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