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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 2838 on 02/03/1933
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 1638 m/e 08/1946
British Railways 61638 m/e 08/1948

Names Carried
Date From Name
02/03/1933 MELTON HALL

Locomotive Specifics
Designer N. Gresley
Class B17
Company History LNER
Rebuild History
ClassFrom
B17/202/03/1933
B17/6 (4-6-0)12/1948
Wheels 4-6-0
Builder Darlington Works
Works Number 1565
Fittings (as built)
Engine Brakes Steam Brake with Vacuum Ejector
To Service Mon 02/03/1933
Withdrawal Mon 17/03/1958
Service Life 25 yrs , 15 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 03/1958

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) on 02/03/1933
CAM   Cambridge on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
31B   March w/e 15/09/1951
31B   March 5w/e 22/09/1951
     Withdrawn on 17/03/1958

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 31B March w/e 15/09/1951
WDN   on 17/03/1958

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
03/10/1948 Darlington Works The first new 'A.1,' No. 60130, was on trial W/E 24/9 and No. 60131 during W/E 2/10, both are nameless. Locomotives awaiting Works:-Nos. 517, 2342/71, 3344, 5027/28, 5852/83, 7300/07, 8141, E8723, 9392, 9881, 61638, 63099, 69841 and Electric 26500. Locomotives ex Works:-Nos. 60804, 60980, 62729/75, 63333/91, 65666/92, 65752, 68302/99, 68675, 68744, 69868 and 'Austerity' 77050. No. 9089 was broken up W/E 24/9. SLS/194811
02/12/1948 Darlington Works Further new Class 'A.1' locomotives, Nos. 60134-37, ex North Road bear Works, Nos. 2053-56, in order. Locomotives awaiting Works: Nos. 970, 1642/44/72, 2344/65/90, 2715, E2718, 3292, E3311, E3314, 3399, 3420, 5100, 5856, 7283, 7636/69, 8015, 8275, 8313, 8698, 8745, 9792, 9842/89, 60942, 62737/64, 63290, 67672, 67719/23 (both light repairs), 69784. The following were sent to the scrap yard:-Nos. 3253/92/95, 3323/27, 8090 an 9103.
Locomotives ex Works: Nos. 60507 (unlined black, new chimney), 61019, 61627/38, 62371/91, 62708/47, 63140, 63344/58, 65706/17, 65803/14/32/52/83/89, 67300, 67311 (auto fitted), 67312, 67688, 68014 (altered bunker), 68245/95, 68426, 68678 (vacuum ejector), 68699, 69776, 69841/81/91, 69862 (first 'A.8' to be lined out), 69881/91, 'Austerity' 77050, 77195/99, 77329.
SLS/194901

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
02/03/1933 To Service To service as London and North Eastern Railway Number 2838, name: MELTON HALL
Built at Darlington Works, Works Number 1565
   
08/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 1638    
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Cambridge (CAM)    
08/1948 Renumbered Renumbered to 61638    
15/09/1951 Allocation Reallocated to March (31B)    
22/09/1951 Allocation Reallocated to March (31B)    
03/1958 Scrapped Scrapped    
17/03/1958 Withdrawn Condemned as 61638    

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