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**Numbers Carried**
Type	Number	Date From	Notes
Pre TOPS (Pre Tops)	D8540	20/08/1963

Locomotive Specifics

Class as Built

Subclass/Rebuild History

Class	From
17/1	20/08/1963

Wheels

Bo-Bo

Builder

Clayton Equipment Co. Ltd., Hatton, Derby

Works Number

4365U/39

To Service

20/08/1963 to Polmadie (66A)

Withdrawn

05/10/1971

Time in Service

8 yrs, 1 mth , 15 dys

Cut Up

01/1973

Cut At

Locomotive Works (St Rollox, Glasgow)

Status

Scrapped

**Allocations - WIP**
Code	Subsequent Codes	Name		From Date
66A		Polmadie (New)	on	20/08/1963
		Withdrawn	on	05/10/1971

**Configuration - WIP**
Date	Configuration	Description	Additional	Diagram	Source
20/08/1963	vo	Vacuum brakes, No heat

**Summary**
Start	Event	Details
20/08/1963	To Service	To service as British Railways number D8540 Built at Clayton Equipment Co. Ltd., Hatton, Derby, Works Number 4365U/39 Allocated to Polmadie (66A)
05/10/1971	Withdrawn	Condemned as 8540
01/1973	Scrapped	Broken up by Locomotive Works: St Rollox, Glasgow

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