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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Eastern Railway 1509 m/e 04/1913
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 8509 m/e 01/1924
London and North Eastern Railway (1942) 7423 m/e Not applied
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 1509 m/e 09/1946
British Railways 61509 m/e Not applied

Locomotive Specifics
Designer S. Holden
Class B12
Company History GER/LNER
Wheels 4-6-0
Builder Stratford Works
Order Number A73
To Service During 04/1913
Withdrawal Fri 15/10/1948
Service Life 35 yrs, 6 mths , 14 dys

Disposal

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 04/1913
IPS   Ipswich on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
     Withdrawn on 15/10/1948

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC YAR Yarmouth South Town m/e 03/12/1945
ALLOC NOR Norwich Thorpe 9w/e 31/03/1946
ALLOC IPS Ipswich on 31/05/1947
WDN IPS Ipswich on 15/10/1948

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced
Modifications
Date Modified Modification
06/1928 Vacuum Ejector fitted
02/1932 ACFI feed water heating apparatus fitted
04/1935 ACFI feed water heating apparatus removed


Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
12/02/1948 Stratford Works The following locomotives were seen stripped: Nos. *1518, 2620, 4766, 5391, *7118, *7122, *7148, 7203/18, an 9659, while in the process of being stripped were: Nos. 1623/39/52, 5522, an 8529. The following were in course of erection: Nos. 1046/7, 1609/10/21/31/53/59/61/2/3/6 an 8764; No. 4889 was complete, and No. 1553 was apparently in for examination. Awaiting Works at various points were: Nos. 1509/*44/78, 1624, 2536/63, 2590, 2602, 4663/89, *5360/*80/3, 5400/10/18/52, 5506, *7119/*20. *7130/*1/*2/*5/*6/*7/*44/*7/83, 7219/26/37, *7511/*2, 8168/74, 8213, 8372, *8485/*8/9, 8791/6, 8854 an 9604. *Officially withdrawn. The Paint Shop produced the following all newly painted, lettered 'BRITISH RAILWAYS' in yellow paint and prefixed 'E': Nos. 1056, 4687, 5565, an 8376. No. 8082 was stored here. The first locomotive to have been lettered in the above new style was No. 8619, which in addition was painted green and is now to be seen at Liverpool Street, acting as station pilot. The Running Shed produced the following additional locomotives painted in the new style: Nos. 1045, 1664, an 1667 SLS/194803

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
04/1913 To Service To service as Great Eastern Railway Number 1509
Built at Stratford Works
   
01/1924 Renumbered Renumbered to 8509    
06/1928 Modification Modification: Vacuum Ejector fitted    
02/1932 Modification Modification: ACFI feed water heating apparatus fitted    
04/1935 Modification Modification: ACFI feed water heating apparatus removed    
1942 Number Allocated Allocated number 7423 but not taken up    
09/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 1509    
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Ipswich (IPS)    
15/10/1948 Withdrawn Condemned as 1509    
1949 Number Allocated Allocated number 61509 but not taken up    

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