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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
War Dept. 7133 m/e 11/1943
War Dept. 77133 m/e 01/1945
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 3109 m/e 02/1947
British Railways (1st BR) 63109 w/e 30/10/1948
British Railways 90430 m/e 06/1951

Locomotive Specifics
Class WD/8
Company History WD
Wheels 2-8-0
Builder Vulcan Foundry
Order Number 2291
Works Number 4949
To Service During 11/1943
Withdrawal 4w/e Sat 09/09/1967
Service Life 23 yrs, 10 mths , 9 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 04/1968 at Drapers (Hull)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 11/1943
YK   York (North) w/e 12/02/1949
TDK   Tyne Dock w/e 19/02/1949
53A   Hull Dairycoates w/e 08/09/1951
53A   Hull Dairycoates 5w/e 22/09/1951
51E   Stockton 5w/e 14/06/1958
51A   Darlington w/e 20/06/1959
56A   Wakefield w/e 26/01/1963
55E   Normanton 4w/e 15/07/1967
     Withdrawn 4w/e 09/09/1967

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
STOCK HTN Heaton on 25/02/1947
ALLOC YK York (North) w/e 12/02/1949
ALLOC TDK Tyne Dock w/e 19/02/1949
ALLOC 53A Hull Dairycoates w/e 08/09/1951
ALLOC 53E Goole 4w/e 17/05/1958
ALLOC 51E Stockton 4w/e 14/06/1958
ALLOC 51A Darlington 4w/e 11/07/1959
ALLOC 56A Wakefield 4w/e 09/02/1963
ALLOC 55E Normanton 4w/e 15/07/1967
WDN   4w/e 09/09/1967

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
28/11/1953 Darlington Works North Road have cut up 65022 an 65497 from E.R. also 'Sentinel' 8137 (still L.N.E.R. lettering and numbers). Waiting Works are: 68035/923/68/71, 61017/60/71, 61214/55, 61422, 62773, 63357/72, 63468, 67635/69, 67761/6/7, 69783, 90016/55/162/8/430/4/633/96. 67669 is dual fitted. 69783 has a chimney like the old A6 class carried. SLS/195402
14/07/1962 Darlington MPD (Ex Works) Stored: 43070 (51L), 43101 (51L), 65768, 65772, 65773, 69002 (51A), 78015 (51J). Ex Works: 43014 (50A), 43125 (50B), 60834 (62B), 60944 (52B), 60973 (63A), 62004 (51A), 63389 (51L), 68043 (51A), 90011 (51A), 90273 (51L), 90430 (51A), 92098 (52H). Awaiting Works: 42639 (50F), 43134 (66D), 46494 (31A), 60818 (64A), 64706 (52G), 64713, 64730 (51L), 64757 (51L), 64758 (51L), 64821 (51L), 64835 (51F), 64848 (51F), 64982 (51F), 65670, 65761, 65776. Visitors : D12 (55H), 42553 (50A), 60040 (52A). SLS/196209

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
11/1943 To Service To service as WD Number 7133
Built at Vulcan Foundry, Works Number 4949
   
01/1945 Renumbered Renumbered to 77133    
02/1947 Renumbered Renumbered to 3109    
30/10/1948 Renumbered Renumbered to 63109    
12/02/1949 Allocation Reallocated to York (North) (YK)    
19/02/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Tyne Dock (TDK)    
06/1951 Renumbered Renumbered to 90430    
08/09/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Hull Dairycoates (53A)    
22/09/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Hull Dairycoates (53A)    
14/06/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Stockton (51E)    
20/06/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Darlington (51A)    
26/01/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Wakefield (56A)    
15/07/1967 Allocation Reallocated to Normanton (55E)    
09/09/1967 Withdrawn Condemned as 90430    
04/1968 Scrapped Broken up by Drapers: Hull    

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