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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) 8579 m/e 01/1924
London and North Eastern Railway (1942) 7493 m/e Not applied
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 1579 on 23/03/1946
British Railways 61579 m/e 10/1949

Locomotive Specifics
Designer S. Holden
Class B12
Company History GER/LNER
Wheels 4-6-0
Builder Beyer Peacock Ltd.
Order Number 1513
Works Number 6495
To Service During 09/1928
Withdrawal Tue 01/01/1957
Service Life 28 yrs, 4 mths , 1 dy
Information Vacuum ejector and Lentz valve gear fitted from new

Disposal
Scrapping During 02/1957

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 09/1928
STR   Stratford on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
30E   Colchester w/e 24/11/1951
30A   Stratford 4w/e 19/12/1953
     Withdrawn on 01/01/1957

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC STR Stratford m/e 03/12/1945
ALLOC 30E Colchester w/e 24/11/1951
ALLOC 30A Stratford 4w/e 26/12/1953
WDN   on 01/01/1957

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
01/1924 Renumbered Renumbered to 8579    
1942 Number Allocated Allocated number 7493 but not taken up    
23/03/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 1579    
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Stratford (STR)    
10/1949 Renumbered Renumbered to 61579    
24/11/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Colchester (30E)    
19/12/1953 Allocation Reallocated to Stratford (30A)    
01/01/1957 Withdrawn Condemned as 61579    
02/1957 Scrapped Scrapped