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**Numbers Carried**
Company	Number		Date From
Great Eastern Railway	178	m/e	10/1908
London and North Eastern Railway (1924)	7178	y/e	1924
London and North Eastern Railway (1946)	7173	m/e	12/1946
British Railways	67173	m/e	Not applied

Locomotive Specifics

Designer

J. Holden

Class

Company History

GER/LNER

Wheels

2-4-2T

Builder

Stratford Works

Order Number

S64

Fittings (as built)

Condenser	Fitted
Engine Brakes	Westinghouse

To Service

During 10/1908

Withdrawal

Sat 24/04/1948

Service Life

39 yrs, 6 mths , 25 dys

Information

Carried the letter D during secondment to the War Department instead of it's usual number

**Allocations**
Code	Name		From Date
	(New)	m/e	10/1908
WD	(Used for coastal defence at Mistley)	m/e	06/1940
91E	To Eastern Region	m/e	07/1943
STR	Stratford	on	01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
	Withdrawn	on	24/04/1948

SLS Allocations*
Type	Code	Name		From Date
WDN	STR	Stratford	on	24/04/1948

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

**Modifications**
Date Modified	Modification
06/1940	Wartime Armour Plating fitted
09/1943	Wartime Armour Plating removed

**Summary**
Date	Event	Details
10/1908	To Service	To service as Great Eastern Railway Number 178 Built at Stratford Works
1924	Renumbered	Renumbered to 7178
06/1940	Allocation
06/1940	Modification	Modification: Wartime Armour Plating fitted
07/1943	Allocation	Reallocated to To Eastern Region (91E)
09/1943	Modification	Modification: Wartime Armour Plating removed
12/1946	Renumbered	Renumbered to 7173
01/01/1948	Allocation	Allocation Snapshot - Stratford (STR)
24/04/1948	Withdrawn	Condemned as 7173
1949	Number Allocated	Allocated number 67173 but not taken up

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