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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
British Railways 70028 on 27/10/1952

Names Carried
Date From Name
27/10/1952 ROYAL STAR

Locomotive Specifics
Designer R. Riddles
Class Britannia
Company History BR
Wheels 4-6-2
Builder Crewe Works
To Service Sat 27/10/1952 to Cardiff Canton (86C)
Withdrawal Sat 16/09/1967
Service Life 14 yrs, 10 mths , 20 dys

Disposal
Scrapping Wed 17/01/1968 at J McWilliams (Shettleston)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
86C   Cardiff Canton (New) on 27/10/1952
86C   Cardiff Canton 4w/e 01/11/1952
21D   Aston on 10/09/1961
9A   Longsight w/e 31/03/1962
21D   Aston w/e 16/06/1962
9A   Longsight w/e 07/07/1962
21D   Aston w/e 15/09/1962
1A   Willesden w/e 25/05/1963
5A   Crewe North w/e 14/09/1963
5B   Crewe South w/e 29/05/1965
6G   Llandudno Junction w/e 26/02/1966
5B   Crewe South w/e 23/04/1966
12A   Carlisle Kingmoor w/e 17/09/1966
     Withdrawn on 16/09/1967

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
NEW NYA   m/e 31/10/1952
ALLOC 86C Cardiff Canton 4w/e 01/11/1952
ALLOC 72A Exmouth Junction 9w/e 26/05/1953
ALLOC 86C Cardiff Canton 4w/e 11/07/1953
ALLOC 21D Aston 4w/e 30/09/1961
ALLOC 91M To London Midland Region m/e 30/09/1961
ALLOC 9A Longsight 4w/e 31/03/1962
ALLOC 21D Aston 4w/e 30/06/1962
ALLOC 9A Longsight 5w/e 04/08/1962
ALLOC 21D Aston 5w/e 06/10/1962
ALLOC 1A Willesden 4w/e 01/06/1963
ALLOC 5A Crewe North 5w/e 12/10/1963
ALLOC 5B Crewe South 5w/e 12/06/1965
ALLOC 6G Llandudno Junction 5w/e 12/03/1966
ALLOC 5B Crewe South 4w/e 07/05/1966
ALLOC 12A Carlisle Kingmoor 4w/e 08/10/1966
WDN   w/e 16/09/1967

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
10/09/1961 Britannia class 7s The remaining 12 B.R. Britannias on the W.R. (70016/8/9/20/2-9) (from 88A, Cardiff Canton) were transferred to the L.M.R. on 10th September. In the small hours of that morning 6 went light-engine to Shrewsbury, one worked a freight to Shrewsbury and another the 7-10 a.m. to London. Two more (70019/26) were at that time stopped at Worcester and Swindon and will presumably go direct from there. 70023/4 were retained in service against non-arrival of replacements and finally worked the 8-55 a.m. passenger and 12-55 a.m. freight to Shrewsbury respectively on 13th September. In replacement, Canton has been allocated 4083, 5020/53/73/91/6, 6010/24 an 7016 together with seven Halls. The two Kings are to strengthen the power on the Shrewsbury road. There are indications that this is only a part of re-arrangements involving redistribution of steam power from the west of England as 5058 (ex Laira) was observed in transit to Gloucester the same weekend. 70025/7/8 subsequently arrived at Bescot and are working goods and mineral trains. 70026 arrived at Aston. SLS/196110

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
27/10/1952 To Service To service as British Railways Number 70028, name: ROYAL STAR
Built at Crewe Works
Allocated to Cardiff Canton (86C)
   
01/11/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Cardiff Canton (86C)    
10/09/1961 Allocation Reallocated to Aston (21D)    
31/03/1962 Allocation Reallocated to Longsight (9A)    
16/06/1962 Allocation Reallocated to Aston (21D)    
07/07/1962 Allocation Reallocated to Longsight (9A)    
15/09/1962 Allocation Reallocated to Aston (21D)    
25/05/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Willesden (1A)    
14/09/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Crewe North (5A)    
29/05/1965 Allocation Reallocated to Crewe South (5B)    
26/02/1966 Allocation Reallocated to Llandudno Junction (6G)    
23/04/1966 Allocation Reallocated to Crewe South (5B)    
17/09/1966 Allocation Reallocated to Carlisle Kingmoor (12A)    
16/09/1967 Withdrawn Condemned as 70028    
17/01/1968 Scrapped Broken up by J McWilliams: Shettleston    

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