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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great North of Scotland Railway 27 m/e 04/1909
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 6827 m/e 09/1925
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 2265 m/e 10/1946
British Railways 62265 w/e 05/03/1949

Locomotive Specifics
Designer W. Pickersgill / T. Heywood
Class D40
Company History GNSR/LNER
Wheels 4-4-0
Builder Inverurie Works
Order Number No Order ID issued
To Service During 04/1909
Withdrawal During 01/1957
Service Life 47 yrs , 9 mths

Disposal

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 04/1909
KIT   Kittybrewster on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
61C   Keith 4w/e 06/10/1951
     Withdrawn m/e 01/1957

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 61C Keith 4w/e 06/10/1951
WDN   on 27/12/1956

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/10/1949 Inverurie Works Locomotives entering Works during October: These included Nos. 61508/24, 62240/60/65, 64466/71, 64500, 4531, 5229, 65279, 68192, ex-L.M.S. 44254, 4324, 15136, 17251, 17359, 17450/51. SLS/194912
31/07/1952 Keith MPD Engines at Keith shed were 62231, 62225/42/56/65/8/9/72/5, 61502/7/8, 67292, 54473 an 57597. SLS/195208

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
04/1909 To Service To service as Great North of Scotland Railway Number 27
Built at Inverurie Works
   
09/1925 Renumbered Renumbered to 6827    
10/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 2265    
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Kittybrewster (KIT)    
05/03/1949 Renumbered Renumbered to 62265    
06/10/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Keith (61C)    
01/1957 Withdrawn Condemned as 62265    

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