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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Eastern Railway 1556 m/e 02/1921
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 8556 m/e 01/1924
London and North Eastern Railway (1942) 7470 m/e 11/1942
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 1556 m/e 11/1946
British Railways 61556 m/e 11/1948

Locomotive Specifics
Designer S. Holden
Class B12
Company History GER/LNER
Wheels 4-6-0
Builder Beardmore, Dalmuir, Glasgow
Order Number W82
Works Number 150
To Service During 02/1921
Withdrawal Mon 23/12/1957
Service Life 36 yrs, 10 mths , 22 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 05/1958

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 02/1921
STR   Stratford on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
COL   Colchester w/e 07/02/1948
30A   Stratford 4w/e 19/12/1953
30E   Colchester 4w/e 17/11/1956
32A   Norwich Thorpe 5w/e 19/01/1957
     Withdrawn on 23/12/1957

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC STR Stratford on 08/02/1947
ALLOC COL Colchester w/e 07/02/1948
ALLOC 30A Stratford 4w/e 26/12/1953
ALLOC 30E Colchester 4w/e 10/11/1956
ALLOC 32A Norwich Thorpe 4w/e 26/01/1957
WDN   on 23/12/1957

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced
Modifications
Date Modified Modification
03/1929 Vacuum Ejector fitted
01/1932 ACFI feed water heating apparatus fitted
05/1935 ACFI feed water heating apparatus removed


Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
02/1921 To Service To service as Great Eastern Railway Number 1556
Built at Beardmore, Dalmuir, Glasgow, Works Number 150
   
01/1924 Renumbered Renumbered to 8556    
03/1929 Modification Modification: Vacuum Ejector fitted    
01/1932 Modification Modification: ACFI feed water heating apparatus fitted    
05/1935 Modification Modification: ACFI feed water heating apparatus removed    
11/1942 Renumbered Renumbered to 7470    
11/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 1556    
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Stratford (STR)    
07/02/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Colchester (COL)    
11/1948 Renumbered Renumbered to 61556    
19/12/1953 Allocation Reallocated to Stratford (30A)    
17/11/1956 Allocation Reallocated to Colchester (30E)    
19/01/1957 Allocation Reallocated to Norwich Thorpe (32A)    
23/12/1957 Withdrawn Condemned as 61556    
05/1958 Scrapped Scrapped    

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