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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 6401 m/e 11/1924
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 2694 m/e 12/1946
British Railways 62694 m/e 02/1950

Names Carried
Date From Name
11/1924 JAMES FITZJAMES

Locomotive Specifics
Designer J. Robinson
Class Large/Scottish Director
Company History GCR/LNER
Wheels 4-4-0
Builder Armstrong Whitworth
Works Number 616
To Service During 11/1924
Withdrawal Mon 16/11/1959
Service Life 35 yrs , 16 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 02/1960 at Arnott Young (Carmyle)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 11/1924
HAY   Haymarket on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
     Withdrawn on 16/11/1959

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
WDN   on 16/11/1959

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced
Modifications
Date Modified Modification
05/1942 Long Travel Valves fitted


Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
30/11/1946 General At this date (30/11/1946) only the following Scottish Area engines still require to be renumbered: 4488, 4491, 2745, 4819, 4891, 4898, 3658, 3682, 3692, 1996, 9765, 6897, 3057, 9499, 9886, 9384, 6398, 6399, 6401, 265, 320, 9201, 9204, 9368, 9255, 9263, 9429, 9046, 2980, 9632, 9644, 9668, 9757, 9790, 7348, 9524, 9527; a total of 37, or 3 per cent. of the total stock SLS/194701
31/01/1950 Cowlairs Works Locomotives entering Works during January: These included Nos. 60152, 61072, 61117/18, 61307, 1751, 61764, 1780, 61784, 2474/76/88, 2684/94, 62733, 3058, 3168, 64575, 4586, 64621/28/36, 4786, 64877/80, 4919/40, 65923, 5924, 65932, 7453/80, 68100, 8323/44, 9170, 9214, 9507, 69595, 90505, ex-W.D. 77089, 77231, 73792. SLS/195003

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
11/1924 To Service To service as London and North Eastern Railway Number 6401, name: JAMES FITZJAMES
Built at Armstrong Whitworth, Works Number 616
   
05/1942 Modification Modification: Long Travel Valves fitted    
12/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 2694    
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Haymarket (HAY)    
02/1950 Renumbered Renumbered to 62694    
16/11/1959 Withdrawn Condemned as 62694    
02/1960 Scrapped Broken up by Arnott Young: Carmyle    

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