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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Northern Railway 1547 m/e 08/1907
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 4547 m/e 10/1925
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 7397 m/e 11/1946
British Railways 67397 m/e 03/1950

Locomotive Specifics
Designer H. Ivatt
Class C12
Company History GNR/LNER
Wheels 4-4-2T
Builder Doncaster Works
Order Number 250
Works Number 1161
To Service During 08/1907
Withdrawal Sat 06/12/1958
Service Life 51 yrs, 4 mths , 5 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 12/1958

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 08/1907
HLB   Hull Botanic Gardens S 01/1936
HLB   Hull Botanic Gardens on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
31E   Bury St Edmunds 5w/e 23/04/1955
31A   Cambridge 5w/e 21/01/1956
35C   Spital Bridge 5w/e 20/04/1957
35B   Grantham 5w/e 20/07/1957
     Withdrawn on 06/12/1958

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 31E Bury St Edmunds 4w/e 23/04/1955
ALLOC 31A Cambridge 4w/e 28/01/1956
ALLOC 35C Spital Bridge 4w/e 20/04/1957
ALLOC 35B Grantham 4w/e 13/07/1957
WDN   on 06/12/1958

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced
Modifications
Date Modified Modification
04/1921 Condensers removed


Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
27/08/1949 Cowlairs Works Locomotives entering Works 1/8 to 27/8: These included Nos. 60502/05, 61081, 61727, 1729, 61736/46, 1753, 61759/83/91, 1823, 61876/78, 61988/93, 2428, 62683, 2687, 62688, 3180, 4546/47/64/79, 4703, 64855, 4945/86, 65913, 67478, 68113, 8321, 8477, 68481, 8544, 68955, 69183, 69213, 77306, ex L.M.S. 40170, 44795, 45022, 45451, 54654. During W/E 20/8 Cowlairs started putting the crest on both passenger and goods tender engines which had received a general repair (not intermediate repair) and the following have been noted: Nos. 61308, 61766, 64700 an 90313; no tank engines have so far been noted with the crest-No. 68477 appeared in lined black, with British Railways on the tanks. SLS/194910
04/01/1959 Doncaster Works (Withdrawn) Erecting Shop-60162 (64B), 60003 (34A), 60035 (64B), 60017 (34A), 60145 (52A), 60103 (34A), 62030 (52C), 73000 (41B), 73155 (41C), 61122 (36A), 61971 (32A), 61889 (31B), 61820 (30F), 61890 (31B), 68987 (34B), 61162 (36A), 61846 (53A), 61409 (40B), 60001 (52A), 61158 (36A), 60526/502 (50A), 60039 (34A), 60152 (64B), 60026 (34A), 60520 (34F). Paint Shop-D3321 (52B), D3148 (51L), D5308 (34B), D6101/2 (34B), 60117 (56C), 61925 (36A), 60160 (64B), 62032 (31B). Yard-70030 (32A), 68914 (56B), 73016 (41C), 63940 (34F), D3079 (53A), 60508 (34E), 11182 (40A), 63975 (36A), 60063 (34F), 60095 (12C), 61816 (31B), 61406 (40B). Diesel Shop-E5001/2 motors in, D2050/1 motors in, 11106 (51C), 13147/51 (51L). Withdrawn-64216/7, 61606/48/22, 69493, 67397, 69544, 64201/74/6, 69551, 69593, 64205/49, 64183. SLS/195902

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
08/1907 To Service To service as Great Northern Railway Number 1547
Built at Doncaster Works, Works Number 1161
   
04/1921 Modification Modification: Condensers removed    
10/1925 Renumbered Renumbered to 4547    
01/1936 Allocation Reallocated to Hull Botanic Gardens (HLB)    
11/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 7397    
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Hull Botanic Gardens (HLB)    
03/1950 Renumbered Renumbered to 67397    
23/04/1955 Allocation Reallocated to Bury St Edmunds (31E)    
21/01/1956 Allocation Reallocated to Cambridge (31A)    
20/04/1957 Allocation Reallocated to Spital Bridge (35C)    
20/07/1957 Allocation Reallocated to Grantham (35B)    
12/1958 Scrapped Scrapped    
06/12/1958 Withdrawn Condemned as 67397    

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