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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) 8580 m/e 01/1924
London and North Eastern Railway (1942) 7494 m/e Not applied
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 1580 m/e 06/1946
British Railways 61580 m/e 05/1948

Locomotive Specifics
Designer S. Holden
Class B12
Company History GER/LNER
Wheels 4-6-0
Builder Beyer Peacock Ltd.
Order Number 1513
Works Number 6496
To Service During 10/1928
Withdrawal Mon 02/03/1959
Service Life 30 yrs, 5 mths , 0 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 10/1928
STR   Stratford on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
30E   Colchester w/e 08/09/1951
30E   Colchester 5w/e 22/09/1951
30A   Stratford w/e 24/11/1951
35B   Grantham 4w/e 14/02/1953
31A   Cambridge 5w/e 20/04/1957
     Withdrawn on 02/03/1959

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 30E Colchester w/e 08/09/1951
ALLOC 30A Stratford w/e 24/11/1951
ALLOC 35A New England 4w/e 21/02/1953
ALLOC 31A Cambridge 4w/e 20/04/1957
WDN   on 02/03/1959

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
02/04/1959 Stratford Works (Waiting cut up) 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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
01/1924 Renumbered Renumbered to 8580    
1942 Number Allocated Allocated number 7494 but not taken up    
06/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 1580    
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Stratford (STR)    
05/1948 Renumbered Renumbered to 61580    
08/09/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Colchester (30E)    
22/09/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Colchester (30E)    
24/11/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Stratford (30A)    
14/02/1953 Allocation Reallocated to Grantham (35B)    
20/04/1957 Allocation Reallocated to Cambridge (31A)    
02/03/1959 Withdrawn Condemned as 61580    
04/1959 Scrapped Scrapped