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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Eastern Railway 1537 m/e 07/1915
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 8537 m/e 01/1924
London and North Eastern Railway (1942) 7451 m/e Not applied
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 1537 on 23/03/1946
British Railways 61537 m/e 06/1948

Locomotive Specifics
Designer S. Holden
Class B12
Company History GER/LNER
Wheels 4-6-0
Builder Stratford Works
Order Number B78
To Service During 07/1915
Withdrawal Mon 22/04/1957
Service Life 41 yrs, 9 mths , 23 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 05/1957

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 07/1915
STR   Stratford on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
CAM   Cambridge 5w/e 26/02/1949
SL   South Lynn 4w/e 26/03/1949
32B   Ipswich 4w/e 21/08/1954
     Withdrawn on 22/04/1957

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC CAM Cambridge 5w/e 26/02/1949
ALLOC SL South Lynn 4w/e 26/03/1949
ALLOC 32B Ipswich 4w/e 14/08/1954
WDN   on 22/04/1957

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced
Modifications
Date Modified Modification
07/1928 Vacuum Ejector fitted
09/1932 ACFI feed water heating apparatus fitted
04/1939 ACFI feed water heating apparatus removed


Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
07/1915 To Service To service as Great Eastern Railway Number 1537
Built at Stratford Works
   
01/1924 Renumbered Renumbered to 8537    
07/1928 Modification Modification: Vacuum Ejector fitted    
09/1932 Modification Modification: ACFI feed water heating apparatus fitted    
04/1939 Modification Modification: ACFI feed water heating apparatus removed    
1942 Number Allocated Allocated number 7451 but not taken up    
23/03/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 1537    
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Stratford (STR)    
06/1948 Renumbered Renumbered to 61537    
26/02/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Cambridge (CAM)    
26/03/1949 Allocation Reallocated to South Lynn (SL)    
21/08/1954 Allocation Reallocated to Ipswich (32B)    
22/04/1957 Withdrawn Condemned as 61537    
05/1957 Scrapped Scrapped    

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