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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
War Dept. 79229 m/e 12/1944
British Railways 90690 m/e 03/1949

Locomotive Specifics
Class WD/8
Company History WD
Wheels 2-8-0
Builder Vulcan Foundry
Order Number 2308
Works Number 5172
To Service During 12/1944
Withdrawal w/e Mon 10/09/1962
Service Life 17 yrs, 9 mths , 11 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 10/1963 at Locomotive Works (Darlington)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 12/1944
66A   Polmadie 4w/e 16/01/1960
66B   Motherwell 4w/e 16/06/1962
     Withdrawn w/e 10/09/1962

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
LOAN THJ Thornton Junction on 13/03/1947
ALLOC 66A Polmadie 4w/e 16/01/1960
ALLOC 66B Motherwell 4w/e 09/06/1962
WDN   w/e 10/09/1962

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
28/02/1949 Eastfield MPD Class '8' 2-8-0 W.D. No. 90690 THJ was noted here -ex Cowlairs Works that evening, painted plain black, with no lettering, except the shed on the bufferbeam. Like all recent locomotives of this class ex shops, the number had been painted in white on the smoke-box door and also high up on the left-hand corner of the back of the tender. Inside the shed was Class '2P' No. 40609 lettered British Railways and lined out, being ex Cowlairs Works during W/E 26/2 and was being returned to Ardrossan shed that night; The old 30C shed plate was still being carried. 'L.1' No. 67764 was on shed here, having been returned from Hamilton to-day. SLS/194904

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
12/1944 To Service To service as WD Number 79229
Built at Vulcan Foundry, Works Number 5172		    
03/1949 Renumbered Renumbered to 90690    
16/01/1960 Allocation Reallocated to Polmadie (66A)    
16/06/1962 Allocation Reallocated to Motherwell (66B)    
10/09/1962 Withdrawn Condemned as 90690    
10/1963 Scrapped Broken up by Locomotive Works: Darlington    

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