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**Numbers Carried**
Type	Number	Date From	Notes
Pre TOPS (Pre Tops)	D2170	21/11/1960
TOPS (Tops)	03170	02/02/1974

Locomotive Specifics

Class as Built

Subclass/Rebuild History

Class	From
03	21/11/1960

Wheels

0-6-0

Builder

Swindon Works

To Service

21/11/1960 to Hull Dairycoates (50B)

Withdrawn

03/1989

Time in Service

28 yrs, 3 mths , 7 dys

Status

Preserved

**Liveries Carried - WIP**
Code	Colour	Date From
BFYE	BR Blue bodywork, full yellow cab front	by 06/1969

**Allocations - WIP**
Code	Name		From Date
50B	Hull Dairycoates (New)	on	21/11/1960
50C	Hull Botanic Gardens	w/e	03/03/1962
50B	Hull Dairycoates	4w/e	02/12/1967
55H	Neville Hill	w/e	23/11/1968
52A	Gateshead	w/e	30/08/1969
BC	Birkenhead Mollington Street	on	08/11/1981
	Withdrawn	on	03/1989

**Modifications - WIP**
Date Modified	Order Number	Modification	Status	Charged to Capital	Charged to Revenue	Total Cost
29/10/1968		Air Brakes fitted

**Configuration - WIP**
Date	Configuration	Description	Additional	Diagram	Source
21/11/1960	v	Vacuum brakes
29/10/1968	x	Dual brakes

**Preservation**
Current Status	Unknown

**Summary**
Start	Event	Details
21/11/1960	To Service	To service as British Railways number D2170 Built at Swindon Works Allocated to Hull Dairycoates (50B)
03/03/1962	Allocation	Reallocated to Hull Botanic Gardens (50C)
02/12/1967	Allocation	Reallocated to Hull Dairycoates (50B)
29/10/1968	Modification	Modification: Air Brakes fitted
23/11/1968	Allocation	Reallocated to Neville Hill (55H)
06/1969	Livery	Change of livery to BR Blue bodywork, full yellow cab front
30/08/1969	Allocation	Reallocated to Gateshead (52A)
02/02/1974	Renumbered	Renumbered to 03170
08/11/1981	Allocation	Reallocated to Birkenhead Mollington Street (BC)
03/1989	Withdrawn	Condemned as 03170

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