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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Eastern Railway 1172 m/e 09/1901
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 8172 y/e 1924
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 5522 m/e 09/1946
British Railways 65522 m/e 03/1949

Locomotive Specifics
Designer J. Holden
Class J16
Company History GER/LNER
Rebuild History
ClassFrom
J1609/1901
J17 (0-6-0)01/1926
Wheels 0-6-0
Builder Stratford Works
Order Number L52
To Service During 09/1901
Withdrawal Mon 29/09/1958
Service Life 57 yrs , 29 dys

Disposal

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 09/1901
COL   Colchester on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
     Withdrawn on 29/09/1958

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
WDN   on 29/09/1958

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
12/02/1948 Stratford Works The following locomotives were seen stripped: Nos. *1518, 2620, 4766, 5391, *7118, *7122, *7148, 7203/18, an 9659, while in the process of being stripped were: Nos. 1623/39/52, 5522, an 8529. The following were in course of erection: Nos. 1046/7, 1609/10/21/31/53/59/61/2/3/6 an 8764; No. 4889 was complete, and No. 1553 was apparently in for examination. Awaiting Works at various points were: Nos. 1509/*44/78, 1624, 2536/63, 2590, 2602, 4663/89, *5360/*80/3, 5400/10/18/52, 5506, *7119/*20. *7130/*1/*2/*5/*6/*7/*44/*7/83, 7219/26/37, *7511/*2, 8168/74, 8213, 8372, *8485/*8/9, 8791/6, 8854 an 9604. *Officially withdrawn. The Paint Shop produced the following all newly painted, lettered 'BRITISH RAILWAYS' in yellow paint and prefixed 'E': Nos. 1056, 4687, 5565, an 8376. No. 8082 was stored here. The first locomotive to have been lettered in the above new style was No. 8619, which in addition was painted green and is now to be seen at Liverpool Street, acting as station pilot. The Running Shed produced the following additional locomotives painted in the new style: Nos. 1045, 1664, an 1667 SLS/194803

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
09/1901 To Service To service as Great Eastern Railway Number 1172
Built at Stratford Works
   
1924 Renumbered Renumbered to 8172    
09/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 5522    
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Colchester (COL)    
03/1949 Renumbered Renumbered to 65522    
29/09/1958 Withdrawn Condemned as 65522    

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