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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Eastern Railway 1558 m/e 02/1921
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 8558 m/e 01/1924
London and North Eastern Railway (1942) 7472 m/e 01/1943
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 1558 m/e 10/1946
British Railways 61558 m/e 06/1948

Locomotive Specifics
Designer S. Holden
Class B12
Company History GER/LNER
Wheels 4-6-0
Builder Beardmore, Dalmuir, Glasgow
Order Number W82
Works Number 152
To Service During 02/1921
Withdrawal Mon 13/04/1959
Service Life 38 yrs, 2 mths , 13 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 05/1959

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
35C   Spital Bridge 5w/e 19/01/1957
31A   Cambridge 4w/e 16/03/1957
31C   Kings Lynn 5w/e 20/04/1957
31A   Cambridge 4w/e 14/12/1957
     Withdrawn on 13/04/1959

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC COL Colchester m/e 03/12/1945
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 35C Spital Bridge 4w/e 26/01/1957
ALLOC 31A Cambridge 4w/e 23/03/1957
ALLOC 31C Kings Lynn 4w/e 20/04/1957
ALLOC 31A Cambridge 4w/e 30/11/1957
WDN   on 13/04/1959

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced
Modifications
Date Modified Modification
06/1924 Vacuum Ejector fitted


Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
25/03/1950 Stratford Works One of the two 0-4-0T tram engines-No. 68083- has just been through shops. The crest is on the undercarriage, below the wooden body. One of the 0-6-0T tram engines has the words 'British Railways' in the same position, and does not look as neat. Locomotives in the new shops were Nos. 61004/42/50/54/89, 61332/35. 1639. 62531, 3040. 63101, 7160, 68527, 69704, 90013, 90502. ex-W.D. 77013, 79312 and outside awaiting shopping were Nos. 61235, 61559, 8386, 8647, 9684, 90392. The three Crane locomotives are now renumbered; No. 68667 noted 3/49, No. 68668 2/50 and No. 68669 3/50 (with crest). These dates are not given in the official lists, and the actual dates will be slightly earlier. In the Paint Shop were Nos. 61540 (lined), 61554. 68088, 68225, 68651, 69641, 69728; and in the old Works Nos. 61058, 61336, 61558, 62509, 2584, 2601. 62790, 2794, 4644/83, 65462, 65545/57, 7155, 7226, 8375, 8519/61, 8772, 8874/81, 9639/69. SLS/195005

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
02/1921 To Service To service as Great Eastern Railway Number 1558
Built at Beardmore, Dalmuir, Glasgow, Works Number 152		    
01/1924 Renumbered Renumbered to 8558    
06/1924 Modification Modification: Vacuum Ejector fitted    
01/1943 Renumbered Renumbered to 7472    
10/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 1558    
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Stratford (STR)    
07/02/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Colchester (COL)    
06/1948 Renumbered Renumbered to 61558    
19/12/1953 Allocation Reallocated to Stratford (30A)    
17/11/1956 Allocation Reallocated to Colchester (30E)    
19/01/1957 Allocation Reallocated to Spital Bridge (35C)    
16/03/1957 Allocation Reallocated to Cambridge (31A)    
20/04/1957 Allocation Reallocated to Kings Lynn (31C)    
14/12/1957 Allocation Reallocated to Cambridge (31A)    
13/04/1959 Withdrawn Condemned as 61558    
05/1959 Scrapped Scrapped    

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