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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
GER (1st) 523 m/e 09/1899
LNER (1924) 7523 y/e 1924
LNER (1946) 5438 m/e 10/1946
BR 65438 m/e 07/1949

Locomotive Specifics
Designer J. Holden
Class J15
Company History GER/LNER
Wheels 0-6-0
Builder Stratford Works
Order Number S45
Fittings (as built)
Engine Brakes Steam Brake
To Service During 09/1899
Withdrawal Sat 19/07/1958
Scrapping During 12/1958
Service Life 58 yrs, 10 mths , 18 dys

Allocations
Code Name From Date
  (New) m/e 09/1899
CAM Cambridge 01/01/1948
31E Bury St Edmunds 5w/e 23/08/1952
31A Cambridge 4w/e 15/11/1952
   Withdrawn 19/07/1958

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 31E Bury St Edmunds 4w/e 06/09/1952
ALLOC 31A Cambridge 4w/e 01/11/1952
WDN   16/06/1958

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced
Modifications
Date Modified Modification
07/1934 Vacuum Ejector fitted


Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
09/1899 To Service To service as Great Eastern Railway Number 523
Built at Stratford Works 		   
1924 Renumbered Renumbered to 7523    
07/1934 Modification Modification: Vacuum Ejector fitted    
10/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 5438    
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Cambridge (CAM)    
07/1949 Renumbered Renumbered to 65438    
23/08/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Bury St Edmunds (31E)    
15/11/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Cambridge (31A)    
19/07/1958 Withdrawn Condemned as 65438    

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