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**Numbers Carried**
Company	Number		Date From
GCR	868		01/1899
LNER (1924)	5868		07/1925

Locomotive Specifics

Designer

Pollitt

Class

Company History

GCR/LNER

Rebuild History

Class	From
D6	01/1899

Wheels

4-4-0

Builder

Beyer Peacock Ltd.

Works Number

3986

Brakes (when built)

Vacuum Brake

To Service

During 01/1899

Withdrawal

During 04/1933

Service Life

34 yrs , 3 mths

**Allocations**
Code	Name		From Date
	Withdrawn	m/e	04/1933

SLS Allocations*
Type	Code	Name		From Date

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

**Modifications**
Date Modified	Modification
06/1913	Superheated boiler fitted

**Summary**
Date	Event	Details
01/1899	To Service	To service as GCR Number 868 Built at Beyer Peacock Ltd., Works Number 3986
06/1913	Modification	Modification: Superheated boiler fitted
07/1925	Renumbered	Renumbered to 5868
04/1933	Withdrawn	Condemned as 5868

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