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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 1407 on 13/02/1926
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 5906 m/e 11/1946
British Railways 65906 m/e 04/1950

Locomotive Specifics
Designer N. Gresley
Class J38
Company History LNER
Rebuild History
ClassFrom
J38/113/02/1926
J38/2 (0-6-0)06/1941
J38/1 (0-6-0)11/1952
J38/2 (0-6-0)08/1957
Wheels 0-6-0
Builder Darlington Works
Order Number No Order ID issued
Works Number 1306
To Service Fri 13/02/1926
Withdrawal Fri 06/08/1965
Service Life 39 yrs, 5 mths , 24 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 11/1965

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) on 13/02/1926
STM   St Margarets on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
62C   Dunfermline Upper 4w/e 06/05/1961
     Withdrawn on 06/08/1965

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 62C Dunfermline Upper 4w/e 06/05/1961
WDN   on 06/08/1965

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced
Modifications
Date Modified Modification
07/1947 Screw Reverse fitted
07/1947 Steam Reverse Removed


Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
13/02/1926 To Service To service as London and North Eastern Railway Number 1407
Built at Darlington Works, Works Number 1306
   
11/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 5906    
07/1947 Modification Modification: Screw Reverse fitted    
07/1947 Modification Modification: Steam Reverse Removed    
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - St Margarets (STM)    
04/1950 Renumbered Renumbered to 65906    
06/05/1961 Allocation Reallocated to Dunfermline Upper (62C)    
06/08/1965 Withdrawn Condemned as 65906    
11/1965 Scrapped Scrapped    

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