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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 2860 on 19/06/1936
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 1660 m/e 01/1947
British Railways 61660 m/e 01/1949

Names Carried
Date From Name
19/06/1936 HULL CITY

Locomotive Specifics
Designer N. Gresley
Class B17
Company History LNER
Wheels 4-6-0
Builder Darlington Works
Works Number 1670
Fittings (as built)
Engine Brakes Vacuum
To Service Thu 19/06/1936
Withdrawal Thu 02/06/1960
Service Life 23 yrs, 11 mths , 14 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 06/1960

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) on 19/06/1936
MAR   March on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
30A   Stratford w/e 16/06/1951
30A   Stratford 5w/e 23/06/1951
30E   Colchester m/e 21/07/1956
30A   Stratford 4w/e 22/09/1956
32D   Yarmouth South Town 4w/e 10/05/1958
32C   Lowestoft w/e 10/01/1959
31B   March w/e 16/01/1960
     Withdrawn on 02/06/1960

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 30A Stratford w/e 16/06/1951
ALLOC 30E Colchester 4w/e 23/06/1956
ALLOC 30A Stratford 4w/e 13/10/1956
ALLOC 32D Yarmouth South Town 4w/e 17/05/1958
ALLOC 32C Lowestoft 4w/e 24/01/1959
ALLOC 31B March 4w/e 23/01/1960
WDN   on 02/06/1960

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced
Modifications
Date Modified Modification
02/1940 Vacuum Brakes fitted
02/1940 Westinghouse Brake fitted


Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
28/02/1949 Darlington Works Locomotives awaiting Works during February included:-Nos. 1274, 1605/11/18/31/45, 2745/67, 3199, 3411, 5096, 5606/28, 5800, 7262, 8708, 9105, 60816, 60133, (adjustment), 61015 (damaged), 63140, 65057 (damaged in the Crook derailment), 65712, 67705/54, 69827 (NEA), Class '8' W.D. 77320 an 79239.To scrap yard: Nos. 3291/97/99, 3301/08/17/32, 63322 (badly damaged at Old Town Jct., Middlesboro').Locomotives ex Works during February included:-Nos. 60141, 60142 (Darlington 2061/1949-the first 1949 locomotive), 60143, 60509 (light repair), 60923, 60931 (light repair), 61022 (unlined black), 61161 (lined out), 61162 (unlined black), 61181/86, 61237/58, 61400, 61635/41, 61659 (light repair), 61660, 62353/59/78, 62718/32/64, 63341/49, 65098, 65601, 65633 (repaired at Gateshead-buffer beam snow plough fitted), 65712/49, 65827/60, 67255, 67386, 67623, 67714 (light repair), 68010/39, 68160, 68260, 69933, Class '8' W.D. 90252 (ex 77352), 90344 (ex 70877), 90613 (ex 77469). SLS/194904

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
19/06/1936 To Service To service as London and North Eastern Railway Number 2860, name: HULL CITY
Built at Darlington Works, Works Number 1670
   
02/1940 Modification Modification: Vacuum Brakes fitted    
02/1940 Modification Modification: Westinghouse Brake fitted    
01/1947 Renumbered Renumbered to 1660    
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - March (MAR)    
01/1949 Renumbered Renumbered to 61660    
16/06/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Stratford (30A)    
23/06/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Stratford (30A)    
21/07/1956 Allocation Reallocated to Colchester (30E)    
22/09/1956 Allocation Reallocated to Stratford (30A)    
10/05/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Yarmouth South Town (32D)    
10/01/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Lowestoft (32C)    
16/01/1960 Allocation Reallocated to March (31B)    
06/1960 Scrapped Scrapped    
02/06/1960 Withdrawn Condemned as 61660    

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