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**Numbers Carried**
Type	Number	Date From	Notes
Pre TOPS (Pre Tops)	D8315	20/05/1967
TOPS (20/0)	20215	03/1974

Locomotive Specifics

Class as Built

Subclass/Rebuild History

Class	From
20	20/05/1967

Wheel Arrangement

Bo-Bo

Builder

English Electric Vulcan Foundry

Fittings (as built)

Train Brakes	Vacuum Brakes fitted
Multiple Fitting	Blue Star
Other Details	Central Headcode Box

To Service

20/05/1967 to Thornaby (51L)

Withdrawn

01/03/1992

Time in Service

24 yrs, 9 mths , 10 dys

Cut Up

m/e 11/2009

Cut At

C F Booth (Rotherham)

Status

Scrapped

**Liveries Carried - WIP**
Code	Colour	Date From
BFYE	BR Blue bodywork, full yellow cab front	20/05/1967

**Allocations - WIP**
Code	Name		From Date
51L	Thornaby (New)	on	20/05/1967
50B	Hull Dairycoates	4w/e	25/05/1968
41A	Tinsley	w/e	11/10/1969
	Withdrawn	on	01/03/1992

**Modifications - WIP**
Date Modified	Order Number	Modification	Status	Charged to Capital	Charged to Revenue	Total Cost
by 03/1973		BR Automatic Warning System (AWS) fitted
by 12/1974		Snowplough brackets fitted

**Configuration - WIP**
Date	Configuration	Description	Additional	Diagram	Source
20/05/1967	vo	Vacuum brakes, No heat
by 03/1973	vo	Vacuum brakes, No heat	BR AWS

**Summary**
Start	Event	Details
20/05/1967	To Service	To service as British Railways number D8315 Built at English Electric Vulcan Foundry Allocated to Thornaby (51L) Livery applied: BR Blue bodywork, full yellow cab front
25/05/1968	Allocation	Reallocated to Hull Dairycoates (50B)
11/10/1969	Allocation	Reallocated to Tinsley (41A)
03/1973	Modification	Modification: BR Automatic Warning System (AWS) fitted
03/1974	Renumbered	Renumbered to 20215
12/1974	Modification	Modification: Snowplough brackets fitted
01/03/1992	Withdrawn	Condemned as 20215
11/2009	Scrapped	Broken up by C F Booth: Rotherham

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