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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 2825 on 16/02/1931
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 1625 on 20/01/1946
British Railways 61625 m/e 02/1949

Names Carried
Date From Name
16/02/1931 RABY CASTLE

Locomotive Specifics
Designer N. Gresley
Class B17
Company History LNER
Wheels 4-6-0
Builder Darlington Works
Works Number 1519
Fittings (as built)
Engine Brakes Steam Brake with Vacuum Ejector
To Service Thu 16/02/1931
Withdrawal Thu 03/12/1959
Service Life 28 yrs, 9 mths , 17 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 12/1959

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) on 16/02/1931
NOR   Norwich Thorpe on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
CAM   Cambridge w/e 26/06/1948
32B   Ipswich 4w/e 20/06/1953
31A   Cambridge w/e 31/10/1959
     Withdrawn on 03/12/1959

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC NOR Norwich Thorpe on 22/01/1947
ALLOC IPS Ipswich on 03/10/1947
ALLOC NOR Norwich Thorpe w/e 08/11/1947
ALLOC CAM Cambridge w/e 26/06/1948
ALLOC 32B Ipswich 4w/e 13/06/1953
ALLOC 31A Cambridge 4w/e 31/10/1959
WDN   on 03/12/1959

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/12/1948 Darlington Works Locomotives awaiting Works during December included:-Nos. 952, 1437, 1625/41, 2378, 2970 (the last 'C.7'), 3368, 5639, 5650 (badly damaged at Jervaulx), 5693, 5759/97, 5807, 7278, 7651, 8010/37, 8155, 8292, 9792, 9892, 60510, 62732/33, 65056, 67704/05/10/19/23, 69910/33, 'Austerity' 70877, 77414/69. Locomotives ex Works during December included:-Nos. 60918/42/70, 61432, 61601/29/30/51, 62344/65, 62728/31/54, 63352, 63423, 65033, 65856, 67283, 67342, 67636/39/87, 67701, 68016 (altered bunker), 68264/75, 68436, 68696, 68745, 69102, 69794, 69842/79/89, 'Austerity' 77329. Locomotives broken up: Nos. 2390 an 3327. The two Class 'V.2's' which have hitherto been used as main line pilots, have now been replaced by Class 'A.3' Nos. 70 an 76. SLS/194902
30/04/1949 Darlington Works New work April: Nos. 60146 an 60147. Locomotives awaiting Works during April included: Nos. 888, 1035, 61199, 1224, 1405, 61625, 1668, 2726, 62753. 2760, 3044, 3260, 3275, 63286, 5044/68, 5109, 65633/50, 5653, 65684, 5858, 65868, 7278, 7675, 67729 (light re-pair), 67739 (damaged), 8156, 69842, Class '8' W.D. 77037, 77178 an 79206. Broken up: Nos. 63286, 3316, 65633/84.
Locomotives ex Works during April included: Nos. 60816, 61023, 61215/40/57, 61422, 61434 (rebuilt), 61648, 62700/03/64/67, 63348/80/92, 63411, 65110, 65739, 65821/44, 67722 (light repair), 68015/27, 68409/14/32, 68705, 69107, 69391, 69835/36/88, Class '8' W.D. 90382, 90449 (light repair) and 90460.
SLS/194906

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
16/02/1931 To Service To service as London and North Eastern Railway Number 2825, name: RABY CASTLE
Built at Darlington Works, Works Number 1519
   
20/01/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 1625    
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Norwich Thorpe (NOR)    
26/06/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Cambridge (CAM)    
02/1949 Renumbered Renumbered to 61625    
20/06/1953 Allocation Reallocated to Ipswich (32B)    
31/10/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Cambridge (31A)    
12/1959 Scrapped Scrapped    
03/12/1959 Withdrawn Condemned as 61625    

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