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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
British Railways 76049 on 01/04/1955

Locomotive Specifics
Designer R. Riddles
Class Standard Class 4
Company History BR
Wheels 2-6-0
Builder Doncaster Works
To Service Mon 01/04/1955 to Gateshead (52A)
Withdrawal w/e Mon 24/01/1966
Service Life 10 yrs, 9 mths , 23 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 05/1966 at Motherwell Machinery and Scrap (Wishaw)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
52A   Gateshead (New) on 01/04/1955
52C   Blaydon 5w/e 18/06/1955
52A   Gateshead 5w/e 21/01/1956
51F   West Auckland 3w/e 16/06/1956
64G   Hawick 4w/e 02/11/1963
64A   St Margarets 5w/e 30/10/1965
     Withdrawn w/e 24/01/1966
64F   Bathgate 5w/e 29/01/1966

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
NEW 52A Gateshead on 01/04/1955
ALLOC 52C Blaydon 4w/e 18/06/1955
ALLOC 52A Gateshead 4w/e 31/12/1955
ALLOC 51F West Auckland 4w/e 23/06/1956
LOAN 64G Hawick 5w/e 12/10/1963
LOAN 91X To Scottish Region 4w/e 12/10/1963
ALLOC 64G Hawick 4w/e 09/11/1963
ALLOC 91X To Scottish Region 4w/e 09/11/1963
ALLOC 64A St Margarets 5w/e 09/10/1965
ALLOC 64F Bathgate 5w/e 08/01/1966
WDN   w/e 24/01/1966

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
01/04/1955 To Service To service as British Railways Number 76049
Built at Doncaster Works
Allocated to Gateshead (52A)
   
18/06/1955 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 Hawick (64G)    
30/10/1965 Allocation Reallocated to St Margarets (64A)    
24/01/1966 Withdrawn Condemned as 76049    
29/01/1966 Allocation Reallocated to Bathgate (64F)    
05/1966 Scrapped Broken up by Motherwell Machinery and Scrap: Wishaw    

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