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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
War Dept. 7049 on 21/05/1943
War Dept. 77049 m/e 01/1945
British Railways 90141 on 22/02/1949 (at Swindon Factory)

Locomotive Specifics
Class WD/8
Company History WD
Wheels 2-8-0
Builder North British Locomotive Company, Glasgow
Order Number L943
Works Number 25020
To Service Sat 21/05/1943
Withdrawal w/e Sat 22/02/1964
Service Life 20 yrs, 9 mths , 1 dy

Disposal
Scrapping During 08/1964 at J Routledge (Bootle)

Notes
Notes Received at Swindon ex-Dover on 13th August 1946

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) on 21/05/1943
OXY   Oxley (on loan) (On loan from WD?) on 22/10/1946
OXY   Oxley on 15/06/1947 (Snapshot)
25A   Wakefield 4w/e 02/12/1950
25A   Wakefield m/e 31/12/1950
27B   Aintree 8w/e 19/06/1954
26E   Lees (Oldham) 4w/e 28/12/1957
26F   Patricroft w/e 15/09/1962
8D   Widnes w/e 12/01/1963
27B   Aintree w/e 19/01/1963
     Withdrawn w/e 22/02/1964

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
LOAN OXY Oxley m/e 31/10/1946
LOAN 25A Wakefield m/e 30/11/1950
ALLOC 25A Wakefield m/e 31/12/1950
ALLOC 27B Aintree 4w/e 10/07/1954
ALLOC 26E Lees (Oldham) 4w/e 28/12/1957
ALLOC 26F Patricroft 5w/e 06/10/1962
ALLOC 27B Aintree 4w/e 02/02/1963
WDN   w/e 22/02/1964

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/01/1949 Swindon Works New Work January: Nos. 6996 Blackwell Hall (RDG (4/1)), 6997 Bryn-Ivor Hall (17/1), 6998 Burton Agnes Hall (28/1); 6769 BRY (6/1). Locomotives entering Works 30/12/48 to 28/1/49: These included Nos. p24 (Petrol), 213/46 (Both acting as Works' pilots), 1007/08/19, 1369, 1426/29, 2016 (open cab), 2235/64/94, 2445, 2807/59, 2843, 2942/79/87, 3020/44, 3631/33, 3751, 3811/57 (damaged), 3818/28/55, 4017/41/46/53/59/74/78/79/86, 4122/37, 4225/82,, 4507/10/50/94, 4601, 4801 (Ex-Carriage Stock Shed-for conversion to coal-burning), 4912/15/21/35/58, 5014/27/29/49/57/61/92/93, 5108/34, 5225, 5307/33/48/58, 5502/05/12/31/53/72, 5909/49/61/97 , 6013/23/29, 6104/38/58/66, 6304/07/32/34/59/81, 6432, 6640, 6802/03/64/65/69, 6967, 7412, 7731/62/66/86/87, 7805, 8724/26, 9604/11/53, 9732/53/69, W.D. 77049 (badly damaged), 79279, 79309. Condemned: Nos. *1538, *1713, 2717 (all to Concentration Yard), 1889/97, 2767 (open cab), 2935, 3049, 3446/48, 4320. *After acting as Works' pilot.
Further locomotives painted black and fully lined, include Nos. 4900, 5997, 6930/39, while No. 2166 came out black and unlined-with the original boiler again. No. 3020 has had a heavy repair (with a change of boiler), fitted with a smokebox numberplate, but not re-painted
SLS/194903

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
21/05/1943 To Service To service as WD Number 7049
Built at North British Locomotive Company, Glasgow, Works Number 25020
   
01/1945 Renumbered Renumbered to 77049    
22/10/1946 Allocation Loaned to Oxley (OXY) (On loan from WD?)    
15/06/1947 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Oxley (OXY)    
22/02/1949 Renumbered Renumbered to 90141    
02/12/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Wakefield (25A)    
31/12/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Wakefield (25A)    
19/06/1954 Allocation Reallocated to Aintree (27B)    
28/12/1957 Allocation Reallocated to Lees (Oldham) (26E)    
15/09/1962 Allocation Reallocated to Patricroft (26F)    
12/01/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Widnes (8D)    
19/01/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Aintree (27B)    
22/02/1964 Withdrawn Condemned as 90141    
08/1964 Scrapped Broken up by J Routledge: Bootle    

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