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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
British Railways 75027 on 17/05/1954

Locomotive Specifics
Designer R. Riddles
Class Standard Class 4
Company History BR
Wheels 4-6-0
Builder Swindon Works
Order Number 400
To Service Sat 17/05/1954 to Laira (83D)
Withdrawal w/e Sat 03/08/1968
Service Life 14 yrs, 2 mths , 17 dys

Disposal

Tenders
Type Number From Company Water Coal
BR2 891 17/05/1954 BR 3,500g 6t 0cwt

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
83D   Laira (New) on 17/05/1954
81D   Reading (W.R.) 4w/e 09/10/1954
81F   Oxford 4w/e 01/01/1955
82C   Swindon 4w/e 21/02/1959
82G   Templecombe (S&D) 4w/e 27/02/1960
89C   Machynlleth 2w/e 17/11/1962
89B   Croes Newydd w/e 09/03/1963
8K   Bank Hall w/e 06/02/1965
8L   Aintree w/e 22/10/1966
10G   Skipton w/e 12/11/1966
10A   Carnforth w/e 21/01/1967
12E   Tebay w/e 22/04/1967
10A   Carnforth w/e 06/01/1968
     Withdrawn w/e 03/08/1968

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 83D Laira 4w/e 22/05/1954
NEW NYA   m/e 31/05/1954
ALLOC 81D Reading (W.R.) 4w/e 09/10/1954
ALLOC 81F Oxford 4w/e 01/01/1955
ALLOC 82C Swindon 4w/e 21/02/1959
ALLOC 82G Templecombe (S&D) 4w/e 27/02/1960
ALLOC 89C Machynlleth 2w/e 17/11/1962
ALLOC 89B Croes Newydd 4w/e 30/03/1963
ALLOC 8K Bank Hall 3w/e 06/02/1965
ALLOC 10G Skipton 5w/e 12/11/1966
ALLOC 10A Carnforth 4w/e 01/02/1967
ALLOC 12E Tebay 4w/e 06/05/1967
ALLOC 10A Carnforth w/e 06/01/1968
WDN 10A Carnforth w/e 03/08/1968

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced
Preservation
Current Status Unknown


Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
30/12/1962 Western Regionboundary changes The following former W.R. engines were transferred to the L.M. Region when the depots to which they are allocated became the responsibility of that Region on 1.1.63. The official date of the transfer is December 30th, 1962: D3004/25-9/34-9, D3105-13/5/6/91-4, D3752/5/7, D3950-2/6-8/68-70/73-85/8/95-7, 1002/13/6/9/23/5, 1432/58, 1619/28/32/8/60/3/8, 2210/1/36/89 2845/51/6/66/75/88, 3208/9/17, 3601/5/7/19/25/31/58/60/73, 3709/44/9/70/6/8/82/8/9/92, 3802/6/9/13/5/7/21/5/8/9/31/45/6/9/52/5/7/65, 4105/11/4/20/5/33/40/7-9/53-5/8/65/7/8/71-3/5/6/8/9, 4602/17/45/6/8/65/83/7/96, 4923/46/54/98, 5022/6/31/63/89, 5101/53, 5192, 5606/40/58, 5927/42/83/90/1/4/5, 6129, 6314/64, 6403/24, 6604/9-11/5/8/25/31/2/44/6/63/7/8/71/4/8/9/83/92/4/8, 6803/11/23/7/8/30/1/3/9/42/5/51/3-5/7/8/61/2/4/6/70/1/9, 6903/4/6/7/11/5/6/7/22/5/6/9/30/3/4/52/64/71/6/9/80, 7001/12/4/9/24/6, 7207/18/36, 7414/8/24/6/31/43. 7800-3/6/7/9/10/2/8/9/21-4/7/8, 7905/8/12/5/8/29, 8109, 8464/98, 8718, 9435/63/70/98, 9608/10/3/4/24/30/6/9/46/57/69, 9724/33/53/68/74/82/93, 41201-4/9/31/2/40/1/85, 44835, 45143/5/90, 45283/98, 45406/22, 45572/7, 45660/99, 46401, 46503-27, 48330/47/54/69/402/4/10/2/5/7/8/24/30/6/50/9/60/71/4/5/8, 48724/38/9/68, 73025 6/34-6/90/5/7, 75000/2-4/6/9/20/1/3/4/6/7/9, 78000/2/3/7/8, 80070/8-80/96/8/100/l/2/4/5/31/2/5/6, 82000/3/5/6/9/20/1/31-4, 92001, 92212/3/5/27/8/34/47. SLS/196303

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
0000 Tender Tender fitted: BR2 number 891    
17/05/1954 To Service To service as British Railways Number 75027
Built at Swindon Works
Allocated to Laira (83D)
   
09/10/1954 Allocation Reallocated to Reading (W.R.) (81D)    
01/01/1955 Allocation Reallocated to Oxford (81F)    
21/02/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Swindon (82C)    
27/02/1960 Allocation Reallocated to Templecombe (S&D) (82G)    
17/11/1962 Allocation Reallocated to Machynlleth (89C)    
09/03/1963 Allocation Reallocated to Croes Newydd (89B)    
06/02/1965 Allocation Reallocated to Bank Hall (8K)    
22/10/1966 Allocation Reallocated to Aintree (8L)    
12/11/1966 Allocation Reallocated to Skipton (10G)    
21/01/1967 Allocation Reallocated to Carnforth (10A)    
22/04/1967 Allocation Reallocated to Tebay (12E)    
06/01/1968 Allocation Reallocated to Carnforth (10A)    
03/08/1968 Withdrawn Condemned as 75027    

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