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**Numbers Carried**
Type	Number	Date From	Notes
Post 1948 (1955 Num)	11142	25/07/1956
Pre TOPS (Pre Tops)	D2556	17/05/1958

Locomotive Specifics

Class as Built

Subclass/Rebuild History

Class	From
3' 4" engines	25/07/1956

Wheel Arrangement

0-6-0

Builder

Hunslet Engineering Co. Ltd.

To Service

25/07/1956 to Ipswich (32B)

Withdrawn

01/07/1967

Time in Service

10 yrs, 11 mths , 6 dys

Cut Up

m/e 03/1968

Cut At

Campbells (Airdrie)

Status

Scrapped

**Allocations - WIP**
Code	Name		From Date
32B	Ipswich (New)	on	25/07/1956
32A	Norwich Thorpe	w/e	12/02/1966
8C	Speke Junction	w/e	17/09/1966
64B	Haymarket	w/e	24/06/1967
8C	Speke Junction (Never arrived - withdrawn while en-route)	on	01/07/1967
	Withdrawn	on	01/07/1967

**Configuration - WIP**
Date	Configuration	Description	Additional	Diagram	Source
25/07/1956	v	Vacuum brakes

**Summary**
Start	Event	Details
25/07/1956	To Service	To service as British Railways number 11142 Built at Hunslet Engineering Co. Ltd. Allocated to Ipswich (32B)
17/05/1958	Renumbered	Renumbered to 2556
12/02/1966	Allocation	Reallocated to Norwich Thorpe (32A)
17/09/1966	Allocation	Reallocated to Speke Junction (8C)
24/06/1967	Allocation	Reallocated to Haymarket (64B)
01/07/1967	Withdrawn	Condemned as 2556
01/07/1967	Allocation	Reallocated to Speke Junction (8C) (Never arrived - withdrawn while en-route)
03/1968	Scrapped	Broken up by Campbells: Airdrie

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