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Record: 10235 (26/09/2023)
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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
War Dept. 78605 m/e 12/1944
British Railways 90397 m/e 09/1949

Locomotive Specifics
Class WD/8
Company History WD
Wheels 2-8-0
Builder North British Locomotive Company, Glasgow
Order Number L943
Works Number 25366
To Service During 02/1944
Withdrawal Thu 11/05/1967
Service Life 23 yrs, 3 mths , 10 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 08/1967 at Arnott Young (Parkgate)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 02/1944
25C   Goole 4w/e 04/12/1954
25A   Wakefield 4w/e 01/01/1955
25F   Low Moor m/e 16/06/1956
51A   Darlington 5w/e 14/06/1958
51G   Haverton Hill 5w/e 15/11/1958
51L   Thornaby w/e 20/06/1959
56D   Mirfield w/e 07/11/1959
56F   Low Moor w/e 23/01/1960
56D   Mirfield w/e 12/09/1964
56A   Wakefield 4w/e 28/01/1967
     Withdrawn on 11/05/1967

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
LOAN 25A Wakefield w/e 03/09/1949
LOAN 25C Goole 4w/e 27/11/1954
ALLOC 25A Wakefield 4w/e 25/12/1954
ALLOC 25F Low Moor w/e 16/06/1956
ALLOC 51A Darlington 4w/e 14/06/1958
ALLOC 51G Haverton Hill 4w/e 01/11/1958
ALLOC 51L Thornaby on 14/06/1959
ALLOC 56D Mirfield 4w/e 28/11/1959
ALLOC 56F Low Moor 4w/e 23/01/1960
ALLOC 56D Mirfield 5w/e 12/09/1964
ALLOC 56A Wakefield 8w/e 25/02/1967
WDN   on 11/05/1967

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/03/1948 Stratford Works The following withdrawn locomotives (all marked 'Darlington') were in the fields behind the new Works: Nos. 5383, 7120/37, 7511/12; with the exception of No. 7137, the rest had gone on 3/4, presumably to Darlington. Nos. 5399, 5410/18, 7130/32 an 8213 (all withdrawn) which were formerly in the fields are now dumped on the road next to the stripping shop. Nos. 7131/35 were being cut up in the Paint Shop. The following W.D. 2-8-0's were newly painted and had been through shops recently:-Nos. 70867/874, 78580, 78605/675, 79205/233. By the type of lettering some appeared to have been dealt with in Belgium. Nos. 1530, 1639, 1766, 4773 an 9652 had been newly painted, prefixed 'E' and lettered 'British Railways,' while those noted renumbered (60000 added) were:-Nos. 1574, 7202, 9639 an 9659. SLS/194805
14/01/1962 Darlington Works (Erecting Shop) Erecting Shop: D11, D256/71, D3316, D4083-8, D5107/8/49/72-5, 12119/20, 43053/7, 60812/98, 61275, 61388, 61454, 63381, 63467, 65768/72, 67638, 69005, 78026, 80118, 90397, 90620. Stripping Shop: 43071, 65892, 80117. Outside Stripping Shop: 60835, 61161, 92202. Works Yard: D18, D5096, 43055, 46450, 60809/22, 60963, 64897, 65099, 65862/9, 67681, 67718, 68017/43, 92064, 92199. Crossing: D17, D270/3, D2173, D2247/65, D3140, D4082, D5113. Scrap Road: 61411-3/5/9/36/43/50-2/9/60, 64979, 65741/69, 67707/13/22/39/50/72/5, 68688/9, 68729 all intact. SLS/196203

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
12/1944 Renumbered Renumbered to 78605    
09/1949 Renumbered Renumbered to 90397    
04/12/1954 Allocation Reallocated to Goole (25C)    
01/01/1955 Allocation Reallocated to Wakefield (25A)    
16/06/1956 Allocation Reallocated to Low Moor (25F)    
14/06/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Darlington (51A)    
15/11/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Haverton Hill (51G)    
20/06/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Thornaby (51L)    
07/11/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Mirfield (56D)    
23/01/1960 Allocation Reallocated to Low Moor (56F)    
12/09/1964 Allocation Reallocated to Mirfield (56D)    
28/01/1967 Allocation Reallocated to Wakefield (56A)    
11/05/1967 Withdrawn Condemned as 90397    
08/1967 Scrapped Broken up by Arnott Young: Parkgate