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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Eastern Railway 1516 m/e 11/1913
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 8516 m/e 01/1924
London and North Eastern Railway (1942) 7430 m/e Not applied
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 1516 m/e 01/1947
British Railways 61516 m/e 04/1949

Locomotive Specifics
Designer S. Holden
Class B12
Company History GER/LNER
Wheels 4-6-0
Builder Stratford Works
Order Number E75
To Service During 11/1913
Withdrawal Mon 14/07/1958
Service Life 44 yrs, 8 mths , 13 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 09/1958

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 11/1913
IPS   Ipswich on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
STR   Stratford w/e 29/05/1948
35B   Grantham 5w/e 19/01/1957
31C   Kings Lynn 5w/e 20/04/1957
31A   Cambridge 4w/e 19/10/1957
     Withdrawn on 14/07/1958

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC NOR Norwich Thorpe m/e 03/12/1945
ALLOC IPS Ipswich on 24/08/1947
ALLOC STR Stratford w/e 29/05/1948
ALLOC 35B Grantham 4w/e 26/01/1957
ALLOC 31C Kings Lynn 4w/e 20/04/1957
ALLOC 31A Cambridge 4w/e 02/11/1957
WDN   on 14/07/1958

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced
Modifications
Date Modified Modification
12/1926 Lentz valve gear fitted
06/1928 Vacuum Ejector fitted


Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
19/04/1958 Cromer MPD The allocation at Beach shed is-B12/3, 61514/6/42/7/68 and B1 61312; the latter works usually on the Melton Constable branch and the B12's on Norwich trains. SLS/195805

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
11/1913 To Service To service as Great Eastern Railway Number 1516
Built at Stratford Works
   
01/1924 Renumbered Renumbered to 8516    
12/1926 Modification Modification: Lentz valve gear fitted    
06/1928 Modification Modification: Vacuum Ejector fitted    
1942 Number Allocated Allocated number 7430 but not taken up    
01/1947 Renumbered Renumbered to 1516    
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Ipswich (IPS)    
29/05/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Stratford (STR)    
04/1949 Renumbered Renumbered to 61516    
19/01/1957 Allocation Reallocated to Grantham (35B)    
20/04/1957 Allocation Reallocated to Kings Lynn (31C)    
19/10/1957 Allocation Reallocated to Cambridge (31A)    
14/07/1958 Withdrawn Condemned as 61516    
09/1958 Scrapped Scrapped    

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