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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Eastern Railway 1539 m/e 06/1917
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 8539 m/e 01/1924
London and North Eastern Railway (1942) 7453 m/e Not applied
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 1539 m/e 08/1946
British Railways 61539 m/e 09/1948

Locomotive Specifics
Designer S. Holden
Class B12
Company History GER/LNER
Wheels 4-6-0
Builder Stratford Works
Order Number B78
To Service During 06/1917
Withdrawal Wed 10/11/1954
Service Life 37 yrs, 5 mths , 10 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 02/1955

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 06/1917
KIT   Kittybrewster on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
61C   Keith 4w/e 18/04/1953
     Withdrawn on 10/11/1954

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 61C Keith 4w/e 18/04/1953
WDN   on 10/11/1954

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced
Modifications
Date Modified Modification
08/1925 Vacuum Ejector fitted
03/1932 ACFI feed water heating apparatus fitted
11/1940 ACFI feed water heating apparatus removed


Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
30/11/1945 Swindon Works Locos entering works during November: 13, 28, 1003, 1785, 2189, 2202/39/91, 2669, 2741, 2854, 2921/34/81, 3004/44, 3183, 3366, 3435/43, 3638, 3775/98, 3802/4/13/4/7/38/57/65, 4000/16/53/74/82/95/8, 4272 4543, 4643/58, 4826, 4965/82; 5005/17/20/6, 5125/37, 5327/50/84, 5413, 5502/23, 5735/8/59/69, 5905/16/23/32/3/9/58/69, 6002/8, 6125/57, 6353/97; 6846, 6951/4, 7243, 7712/8/73/4/7/84, 8755, 9797. The advent of a K3 to Swindon works has been commented upon in the January Journal: it has a hole in its blast pipe, a bad regulator blow-through.and a hot box on one of the driving wheels. It may be recalled that B12/3 8539 was seen on the works turntable in 1944 when she was on loan to W.D. for working Ambulance Trains, but it is not known whether, on that occasion, she had entered the works or was merely using the turntable due to some defect of the one at the shed.
The scale of withdrawals has been so great that the concentration yard has been overwhelmed, and some of the locos are stored in a road adjacent to the main line-2381/5, 2406, 1161, 3439, 2732/59 being noted- there on 21/12. Both latter engines had been dead at the home sheds for some time before their withdrawal.
SLS/194602
19/03/1950 Inverurie Works In the yard on 19/3 were 'B.12' No. 61539, 'D.40' No. 62272, 'D.31' No. 62282 (Condemned, built Cowlairs 1890), 'J.36' No. 65294, 'J.72' No. 68717 and '2F' No. 57260 (built Neilson 1884). SLS/195004
30/04/1950 Inverurie Works Locomotives entering Works during April: These included Nos. 61539/60, 62277, 4486, 65215/31, 5271, 5318, 67455, ex-L.M.S. 40670, 15176, 15269, 17241, 17396, 17609. SLS/195006

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
06/1917 To Service To service as Great Eastern Railway Number 1539
Built at Stratford Works
   
01/1924 Renumbered Renumbered to 8539    
08/1925 Modification Modification: Vacuum Ejector fitted    
03/1932 Modification Modification: ACFI feed water heating apparatus fitted    
11/1940 Modification Modification: ACFI feed water heating apparatus removed    
1942 Number Allocated Allocated number 7453 but not taken up    
08/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 1539    
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Kittybrewster (KIT)    
09/1948 Renumbered Renumbered to 61539    
18/04/1953 Allocation Reallocated to Keith (61C)    
10/11/1954 Withdrawn Condemned as 61539    
02/1955 Scrapped Scrapped    

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