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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
War Dept. 8680 m/e 06/1944
War Dept. 78680 m/e 01/1945
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 3158 m/e 04/1947
British Railways (1st BR) 63158 m/e Not applied
British Railways 90479 m/e 05/1949

Locomotive Specifics
Class WD/8
Company History WD
Wheels 2-8-0
Builder Vulcan Foundry
Order Number 2300
Works Number 5081
To Service During 06/1944
Withdrawal Sun 11/09/1966
Service Life 22 yrs, 3 mths , 11 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 11/1966 at Drapers (Hull)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 06/1944
TWD   Tweedmouth w/e 12/02/1949
53A   Hull Dairycoates w/e 05/05/1951
53A   Hull Dairycoates 4w/e 19/05/1951
51G   Haverton Hill 5w/e 14/06/1958
51L   Thornaby w/e 20/06/1959
51C   West Hartlepool w/e 01/06/1963
50B   Hull Dairycoates 4w/e 26/03/1966
     Withdrawn on 11/09/1966

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
LOAN YK York (North) on 30/11/1945
ALLOC HTN Heaton on 13/04/1947
ALLOC TWD Tweedmouth w/e 12/02/1949
ALLOC 53A Hull Dairycoates w/e 05/05/1951
ALLOC 86C Cardiff Canton 4w/e 13/08/1955
ALLOC 53E Goole 4w/e 17/05/1958
ALLOC 51G Haverton Hill 4w/e 14/06/1958
ALLOC 51C West Hartlepool 4w/e 08/06/1963
ALLOC 50B Hull Dairycoates 4w/e 26/03/1966
WDN   on 11/09/1966

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/12/1946 General The following Austerity Engines taken into N.E. Area stock on 28/12/46 and now classified O7:- Allocated: Newport: 70800/24/37/47/72, 77276/90, 77357, 77506, 78520/34/70, 78633/56/62/74/87/90, 78718, 79285. Heaton: 70815, 77146, 77298, 78577, 78646/53. Springhead: 70804, 77002, 77110, 77211/54, 77474, 78540. York: 77316, 77486, 78680/91/6/8/9, 79185, 79240/88 SLS/194704

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
06/1944 To Service To service as WD Number 8680
Built at Vulcan Foundry, Works Number 5081
   
01/1945 Renumbered Renumbered to 78680    
04/1947 Renumbered Renumbered to 3158    
1948 Number Allocated Allocated number 63158 but not taken up    
12/02/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Tweedmouth (TWD)    
05/1949 Renumbered Renumbered to 90479    
05/05/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Hull Dairycoates (53A)    
19/05/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Hull Dairycoates (53A)    
14/06/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Haverton Hill (51G)    
20/06/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Thornaby (51L)    
01/06/1963 Allocation Reallocated to West Hartlepool (51C)    
26/03/1966 Allocation Reallocated to Hull Dairycoates (50B)    
11/09/1966 Withdrawn Condemned as 90479    
11/1966 Scrapped Broken up by Drapers: Hull    

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