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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Eastern Railway 1546 m/e 09/1920
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 8546 m/e 01/1924
London and North Eastern Railway (1942) 7460 m/e Not applied
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 1546 m/e 09/1946
British Railways 61546 m/e 03/1949

Locomotive Specifics
Designer S. Holden
Class B12
Company History GER/LNER
Wheels 4-6-0
Builder Beardmore, Dalmuir, Glasgow
Order Number W82
Works Number 140
To Service During 09/1920
Withdrawal Mon 11/05/1959
Service Life 38 yrs, 8 mths , 10 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 05/1959

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 09/1920
STR   Stratford on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
31A   Cambridge 4w/e 16/02/1957
     Withdrawn on 11/05/1959

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC COL Colchester m/e 03/12/1945
ALLOC COL Colchester on 07/12/1946
ALLOC STR Stratford on 28/12/1946
ALLOC 31A Cambridge 4w/e 23/02/1957
WDN   on 11/05/1959

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced
Modifications
Date Modified Modification
03/1927 Vacuum Ejector fitted
02/1932 ACFI feed water heating apparatus fitted
02/1938 ACFI feed water heating apparatus removed


Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
12/08/1957 Bury St. Edmunds No transfers are now being recorded between Cambridge (31A) and Bury (31E). Its sub-depot, Sudbury, is supplied by 31A. The present allocation of Bury is 61546/53/4/67/73/6, 62543, 65391, 68497, 69616/20. SLS/195709
09/01/1959 Oxford B21 61546 (31A) worked the through Cambridge turn on 9th January. SLS/195902

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
09/1920 To Service To service as Great Eastern Railway Number 1546
Built at Beardmore, Dalmuir, Glasgow, Works Number 140
   
01/1924 Renumbered Renumbered to 8546    
03/1927 Modification Modification: Vacuum Ejector fitted    
02/1932 Modification Modification: ACFI feed water heating apparatus fitted    
02/1938 Modification Modification: ACFI feed water heating apparatus removed    
1942 Number Allocated Allocated number 7460 but not taken up    
09/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 1546    
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Stratford (STR)    
03/1949 Renumbered Renumbered to 61546    
16/02/1957 Allocation Reallocated to Cambridge (31A)    
05/1959 Scrapped Scrapped    
11/05/1959 Withdrawn Condemned as 61546    

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