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Numbers Carried
Type Number Date From Notes
Post 1948 (1955 Num) 13018 21/03/1953  
Pre TOPS (Pre Tops) D3018 12/07/1958  
TOPS (Tops) 08011 06/1974  

Locomotive Specifics
Class as Built 08
Subclass/Rebuild History
ClassFrom
0821/03/1953
Wheels 0-6-0
Builder Derby Works
Order Number 232
To Service 21/03/1953 to Willesden (1A)
Withdrawn 13/12/1991 off Reading (W.R.) (RG)
Time in Service 38 yrs, 8 mths , 22 dys
Cut Up 08/05/1992
Status Preserved

Allocations - WIP
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
1A   Willesden (New) on 21/03/1953
14A   Cricklewood East w/e 22/05/1971
1E   Bletchley w/e 17/07/1971
     Withdrawn on 13/12/1991

Configuration - WIP
Date Configuration Description Additional Diagram Source
21/03/1953 v Vacuum brakes      

Preservation
Preservation Date 25/04/1992
Current Status Operational
Status Date 19/03/2011
Information This loco was at one time the oldest surviving diesel on British Railways - it was finally withdrawn due to being vacuum braked only in 1991.
Link www.chinnorrailway.co.uk/


Summary
Start Event Details Source See Also
21/03/1953 To Service To service as British Railways number 13018
Built at Derby Works
Allocated to Willesden (1A)
   
12/07/1958 Renumbered Renumbered to 3018    
22/05/1971 Allocation Reallocated to Cricklewood East (14A)    
17/07/1971 Allocation Reallocated to Bletchley (1E)    
06/1974 Renumbered Renumbered to 08011    
13/12/1991 Withdrawn Condemned as 08011 from Reading (W.R.) (RG)    
08/05/1992 Scrapped Scrapped    

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