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Record: 10235 (26/09/2023)
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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 8575 m/e 01/1924
London and North Eastern Railway (1942) 7489 m/e Not applied
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 1575 m/e 06/1946
British Railways 61575 m/e 04/1948

Locomotive Specifics
Designer S. Holden
Class B12
Company History GER/LNER
Wheels 4-6-0
Builder Beyer Peacock Ltd.
Order Number 1513
Works Number 6491
To Service During 09/1928
Withdrawal Mon 06/04/1959
Service Life 30 yrs, 7 mths , 6 dys
Information Vacuum ejector and Lentz valve gear fitted from new

Disposal
Scrapping During 04/1959

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 09/1928
STR   Stratford on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
31A   Cambridge 5w/e 19/01/1957
31C   Kings Lynn 5w/e 20/04/1957
31A   Cambridge 4w/e 14/12/1957
     Withdrawn on 06/04/1959

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 31A Cambridge 4w/e 26/01/1957
ALLOC 31C Kings Lynn 4w/e 20/04/1957
ALLOC 31A Cambridge 4w/e 30/11/1957
WDN   on 06/04/1959

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
02/04/1959 Stratford Works (Waiting Wks.) Old Works, 43143 (40F), 61009 (40A), 61116 (14D), 61202 (40A), 61232 (30F), 61329 (30A), 61348 (31F), 61371 (31A), 61405 (40A), 64823 (40F), 69696 (30A). Diesel Sp., D206 (34B), 11138 (30F), 12078 (1A), 15203 (75C), D2550 (32B), D3094 (75A), D3301 (30A), D5304 (34B), D8404 (30A). Waiting Wks., 61575 (31A), 64650 (30E), 64677 (30A), 64715 (40E), 65556 (31A), 69637 (34C), 69669 (30A). Paint shop, 15215 (75C), 61375 (30A), Stripping Sp., 43105 (30A), 61573 Wdn, 69728 (30A). Foundry, 68541. Waiting cut up, 61566/76/80, 62536/82/8, 64651, 65467, 65574, 68574/638, 69600/10/6/9/23/7/34/5/59/66/76/716/31. SLS/195905
05/01/1959 Bury St. Edmunds MPD From 5th January this shed became a diesel depot for Cambridge diesel cars and a diesel shunter; the last steam engines on shed (4th January) were J20s 64661/6/95, 65457/61; B12s 61573/5 were withdrawn from here on 1st January, 1959. SLS/195902

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
01/1924 Renumbered Renumbered to 8575    
1942 Number Allocated Allocated number 7489 but not taken up    
06/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 1575    
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Stratford (STR)    
04/1948 Renumbered Renumbered to 61575    
19/01/1957 Allocation Reallocated to Cambridge (31A)    
20/04/1957 Allocation Reallocated to Kings Lynn (31C)    
14/12/1957 Allocation Reallocated to Cambridge (31A)    
04/1959 Scrapped Scrapped    
06/04/1959 Withdrawn Condemned as 61575