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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 1417 on 20/03/1926
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 5915 m/e 09/1946
British Railways 65915 m/e 09/1948

Locomotive Specifics
Designer N. Gresley
Class J38
Company History LNER
Rebuild History
ClassFrom
J38/120/03/1926
J38/2 (0-6-0)08/1944
Wheels 0-6-0
Builder Darlington Works
Order Number No Order ID issued
Works Number 1315
To Service Sat 20/03/1926
Withdrawal Sat 19/11/1966
Service Life 40 yrs, 7 mths , 30 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 02/1967 at Arnott Young (Old Kilpatrick)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) on 20/03/1926
STM   St Margarets on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
62A   Thornton Junction 4w/e 24/04/1965
     Withdrawn on 19/11/1966

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 62A Thornton Junction 9w/e 12/06/1965
WDN   on 19/11/1966

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced
Modifications
Date Modified Modification
06/1946 Screw Reverse fitted
06/1946 Steam Reverse Removed


Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
06/07/1961 Cowlairs Works (Waiting Works) Stripping Shop: 61342, 65902. Erecting Shop: 11713, 61132/97, 64864, 65903, 72005/9, 73078, 73120/51, 76097, 80124, 90097, GNS49. Works Yard: D2584, 72006. Works Shunters: D3393, 65228. Scrap Road: 40627, 56308, 64523, 64892, 67612. Waiting Works: 61101, 61341, 65915, 90542, 90753.Ex-Works : 90640. SLS/196108
18/01/1964 Bedford MPD (In shops) Since the change over from steam to diesel in August, 1963, this depot has had no regular allocation but from 18th January the official allocation (previously O/L) is D4135/6 an D5379/80/1/2/3. SLS/196403
07/03/1964 Inverurie Works (In shops) Shopped: 44722, 61147, 64558/99, 65931, D3548, D6139/53. Scrapped: 60089/98, 60159/62, 60804/38, 64603, 64579, 90058. In shops: 45011, 44880, 45194, 65915, D5328. Being Cut Up: 61177. SLS/196403
03/09/1964 Inverurie Works (Shopped in 25 weeks ending 29th August) Shopped in 25 weeks ending 29th August: 44880, 44999, 45011, 45194, 64620, 65915, 76096, 76114, 80128, D3552, D3902, D5328, D6110/20/43/46, D8029/33/34. Scrapped 9th-28th March: 61117, 45465. no scrapping after that date. In Shops: 44956, 45016, 45213, 78054, D2414, D6116/17/19/38/41/52/55/56, D8576. Stored: 62712. In the above period there were unscheduled repairs on 13 steam locomotives and 70 diesel locomotives. The Clayton locomotives are being fitted with AWS, ten to date. (I regret the length of time which has elapsed between this and the last report but the epidemic prevented visits). SLS/196410

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
20/03/1926 To Service To service as London and North Eastern Railway Number 1417
Built at Darlington Works, Works Number 1315
   
06/1946 Modification Modification: Screw Reverse fitted    
06/1946 Modification Modification: Steam Reverse Removed    
09/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 5915    
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - St Margarets (STM)    
09/1948 Renumbered Renumbered to 65915    
24/04/1965 Allocation Reallocated to Thornton Junction (62A)    
19/11/1966 Withdrawn Condemned as 65915    
02/1967 Scrapped Broken up by Arnott Young: Old Kilpatrick    

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