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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
British Railways 78056 m/e 08/1956

Locomotive Specifics
Designer R. Riddles
Class Standard Class 2
Company History BR
Wheels 2-6-0
Builder Darlington Works
To Service During 08/1956 to Chester Northgate (6D)
Withdrawal w/e Sat 16/07/1966
Service Life 9 yrs, 11 mths , 15 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 11/1966 at Birds (Long Marston)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
6D   Chester Northgate (New) m/e 08/1956
6K   Rhyl w/e 11/04/1959
5D   Stoke w/e 28/04/1962
     Withdrawn w/e 16/07/1966

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
NEW 6D Chester Northgate w/e 11/08/1956
ALLOC 6K Rhyl 5w/e 02/05/1959
ALLOC 5D Stoke 5w/e 05/05/1962
WDN   w/e 16/07/1966

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
06/01/1960 Eastleigh Works (Erecting shop) Erecting shop: 30056/108/516/33/40/86/668/73/7/87/9/950, 34006/63/86/106/10, 35004, 41291, 73110/15, 75079, 78005/56, 80013, E5001. Ex-works: 32106, 34099, 84029, E20003. Waiting works: 30035/475, 34067, 80089; on 'dump', 30179/318/774. SLS/196002

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
08/1956 To Service To service as British Railways Number 78056
Built at Darlington Works
Allocated to Chester Northgate (6D)
   
11/04/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Rhyl (6K)    
28/04/1962 Allocation Reallocated to Stoke (5D)    
16/07/1966 Withdrawn Condemned as 78056    
11/1966 Scrapped Broken up by Birds: Long Marston    

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