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Numbers Carried
Type Number Date From Notes
Pre TOPS (Pre Tops) D1764 08/09/1964  
TOPS (47/0) 47169 02/02/1974  
TOPS (47/4) 47581 31/12/1979  

Names Carried
Name Date From
GREAT EASTERN 07/03/1979

Locomotive Specifics
Class as Built 47
Subclass/Rebuild History
ClassFrom
47/008/09/1964
47/431/12/1979
Wheels Co-Co
Builder Brush Traction, Loughborough
Works Number 526
To Service 08/09/1964 to Tinsley (41A)
Withdrawn 01/11/2000
Time in Service 36 yrs, 1 mth , 24 dys
Cut Up 09/2003
Cut At Sandbach Car and Commercial Dismantlers (at Motherwell MPD)
Status Scrapped

Liveries Carried - WIP
Code Colour Date From
GSYP Two tone green with small yellow warning panel 08/09/1964

Allocations - WIP
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
41A   Tinsley (New) on 08/09/1964
31B   March w/e 09/01/1965
34G   Finsbury Park w/e 29/10/1966
30A   Stratford 2w/e 10/03/1973
FP   Finsbury Park w/e 19/05/1973
IM   Immingham w/e 11/08/1973
TI   Tinsley w/e 11/05/1974
     Withdrawn on 01/11/2000

Modifications - WIP
Date Modified Order Number Modification Status Charged to Capital Charged to Revenue Total Cost
by 01/1979   Modified headcode box (black blinds with 2 marker lights)        

Configuration - WIP
Date Configuration Description Additional Diagram Source
08/09/1964 xb Dual brakes, Steam heat     Webb


Summary
Start Event Details Source See Also
08/09/1964 To Service To service as British Railways number D1764
Built at Brush Traction, Loughborough, Works Number 526
Allocated to Tinsley (41A)
Livery applied: Two tone green with small yellow warning panel
   
09/01/1965 Allocation Reallocated to March (31B)    
29/10/1966 Allocation Reallocated to Finsbury Park (34G)    
10/03/1973 Allocation Reallocated to Stratford (30A)    
19/05/1973 Allocation Reallocated to Finsbury Park (FP)    
11/08/1973 Allocation Reallocated to Immingham (IM)    
02/02/1974 Renumbered Renumbered to 47169    
11/05/1974 Allocation Reallocated to Tinsley (TI)    
01/1979 Modification Modification: Modified headcode box (black blinds with 2 marker lights)    
07/03/1979 Naming Named 'GREAT EASTERN' by Sir Kenneth Cork, Lord Mayor of London at Liverpool Street Station    
31/12/1979 Renumbered Renumbered to 47581    
01/11/2000 Withdrawn Condemned as 47581    
09/2003 Scrapped Broken up by Sandbach Car and Commercial Dismantlers: at Motherwell MPD    

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