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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
British Railways 75025 on 29/04/1954

Locomotive Specifics
Designer R. Riddles
Class Standard Class 4
Company History BR
Wheels 4-6-0
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 400
To Service Fri 29/04/1954 to Laira (83D)
Withdrawal Fri 31/12/1965
Service Life 11 yrs, 8 mths , 2 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 04/1966 at T W Ward (Killamarsh)

Tenders
Type Number From Company Water Coal
BR2 889 29/04/1954 BR 3,500g 6t 0cwt

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
83D   Laira (New) on 29/04/1954
82C   Swindon m/e 16/06/1956
85A   Worcester 4w/e 30/11/1957
89C   Machynlleth 4w/e 13/08/1960
85A   Worcester 4w/e 03/12/1960
85B   Gloucester Horton Road 4w/e 25/01/1964
83D   Exmouth Junction 6w/e 13/04/1964
85A   Worcester 4w/e 13/06/1965
     Withdrawn on 31/12/1965

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
NEW NYA   m/e 30/04/1954
ALLOC 83D Laira 4w/e 22/05/1954
ALLOC 82C Swindon 4w/e 16/06/1956
ALLOC 85A Worcester 4w/e 30/11/1957
ALLOC 89C Machynlleth 4w/e 13/08/1960
ALLOC 85A Worcester 4w/e 03/12/1960
ALLOC 85B Gloucester Horton Road 4w/e 27/01/1964
ALLOC 83D Exmouth Junction 5w/e 30/03/1964
ALLOC 85A Worcester 4w/e 13/06/1965
WDN   7w/e 16/01/1966

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
0000 Tender Tender fitted: BR2 number 889    
29/04/1954 To Service To service as British Railways Number 75025
Built at Swindon Works
Allocated to Laira (83D)
   
16/06/1956 Allocation Reallocated to Swindon (82C)    
30/11/1957 Allocation Reallocated to Worcester (85A)    
13/08/1960 Allocation Reallocated to Machynlleth (89C)    
03/12/1960 Allocation Reallocated to Worcester (85A)    
25/01/1964 Allocation Reallocated to Gloucester Horton Road (85B)    
13/04/1964 Allocation Reallocated to Exmouth Junction (83D)    
13/06/1965 Allocation Reallocated to Worcester (85A)    
31/12/1965 Withdrawn Condemned as 75025    
04/1966 Scrapped Broken up by T W Ward: Killamarsh    

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