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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Eastern Railway 1530 m/e 11/1914
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 8530 m/e 01/1924
London and North Eastern Railway (1942) 7444 m/e Not applied
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 1530 m/e 11/1946
British Railways 61530 m/e 05/1949

Locomotive Specifics
Designer S. Holden
Class B12
Company History GER/LNER
Wheels 4-6-0
Builder Stratford Works
Order Number M77
To Service During 11/1914
Withdrawal Mon 09/11/1959
Service Life 45 yrs , 9 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 11/1959

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 11/1914
STR   Stratford on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
YB   Yarmouth Beach w/e 29/05/1948
32B   Ipswich w/e 16/10/1950
32B   Ipswich 4w/e 21/10/1950
32A   Norwich Thorpe w/e 25/02/1951
32A   Norwich Thorpe 5w/e 24/03/1951
32F   Yarmouth Beach 4w/e 19/05/1951
32A   Norwich Thorpe 4w/e 19/09/1953
32F   Yarmouth Beach 4w/e 19/06/1954
32A   Norwich Thorpe w/e 31/01/1959
31A   Cambridge w/e 13/06/1959
     Withdrawn on 09/11/1959

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC YB Yarmouth Beach w/e 29/05/1948
ALLOC 32B Ipswich w/e 16/10/1950
ALLOC 32A Norwich Thorpe w/e 25/02/1951
ALLOC 32F Yarmouth Beach w/e 19/05/1951
ALLOC 32A Norwich Thorpe 4w/e 05/09/1953
ALLOC 32F Yarmouth Beach 4w/e 19/06/1954
ALLOC 32A Norwich Thorpe 4w/e 21/02/1959
TOSTORE   4w/e 21/03/1959
ALLOC 31A Cambridge 4w/e 13/06/1959
WDN   on 09/11/1959

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced
Modifications
Date Modified Modification
11/1928 Vacuum Ejector fitted
04/1932 ACFI feed water heating apparatus fitted
05/1938 ACFI feed water heating apparatus removed


Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/03/1948 Stratford Works The following withdrawn locomotives (all marked 'Darlington') were in the fields behind the new Works: Nos. 5383, 7120/37, 7511/12; with the exception of No. 7137, the rest had gone on 3/4, presumably to Darlington. Nos. 5399, 5410/18, 7130/32 an 8213 (all withdrawn) which were formerly in the fields are now dumped on the road next to the stripping shop. Nos. 7131/35 were being cut up in the Paint Shop. The following W.D. 2-8-0's were newly painted and had been through shops recently:-Nos. 70867/874, 78580, 78605/675, 79205/233. By the type of lettering some appeared to have been dealt with in Belgium. Nos. 1530, 1639, 1766, 4773 an 9652 had been newly painted, prefixed 'E' and lettered 'British Railways,' while those noted renumbered (60000 added) were:-Nos. 1574, 7202, 9639 an 9659. SLS/194805

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
11/1914 To Service To service as Great Eastern Railway Number 1530
Built at Stratford Works
   
01/1924 Renumbered Renumbered to 8530    
11/1928 Modification Modification: Vacuum Ejector fitted    
04/1932 Modification Modification: ACFI feed water heating apparatus fitted    
05/1938 Modification Modification: ACFI feed water heating apparatus removed    
1942 Number Allocated Allocated number 7444 but not taken up    
11/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 1530    
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Stratford (STR)    
29/05/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Yarmouth Beach (YB)    
05/1949 Renumbered Renumbered to 61530    
16/10/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Ipswich (32B)    
21/10/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Ipswich (32B)    
25/02/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Norwich Thorpe (32A)    
24/03/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Norwich Thorpe (32A)    
19/05/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Yarmouth Beach (32F)    
19/09/1953 Allocation Reallocated to Norwich Thorpe (32A)    
19/06/1954 Allocation Reallocated to Yarmouth Beach (32F)    
31/01/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Norwich Thorpe (32A)    
13/06/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Cambridge (31A)    
11/1959 Scrapped Scrapped    
09/11/1959 Withdrawn Condemned as 61530    

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