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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Northern Railway 1686 m/e 06/1921
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 4686   26/03/1925
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 1776 on 14/01/1946
British Railways 61776   02/12/1949

Locomotive Specifics
Designer N. Gresley
Class K2
Company History GNR/LNER
Rebuild History
ClassFrom
K2/106/1921
Wheels 2-6-0
Builder Kitson
Order Number 492T
Works Number 5336
Fittings (as built)
Engine Brakes Vacuum
To Service During 06/1921 to Doncaster (DON)
Withdrawal Mon 23/03/1959 off Eastfield (65A)
Service Life 37 yrs, 9 mths , 20 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During y/e 1959

Notes
Notes Into CO for cut up 17/4/59

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
DON   Doncaster (New) m/e 06/1921
STM   St Margarets on 25/01/1932
EFD   Eastfield m/e 10/1942
     Withdrawn on 23/03/1959

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
WDN   on 23/03/1959

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced
Modifications
Date Modified Modification
06/1921 Diagram 3 boiler fitted (number 7607)
26/03/1925 Diagram 3 boiler fitted (number 7267)
25/06/1927 Diagram 3 boiler fitted (number 7463)
09/01/1932 Diagram 3 boiler fitted (number C179O)
29/11/1934 Diagram 3 boiler fitted (number Cl828)
05/10/1940 Diagram 3 boiler fitted (number 7624)
09/08/1945 Diagram 3 boiler fitted (number 8560)
02/12/1949 Diagram 3 boiler fitted (number 9197)
12/02/1955 Diagram 3 boiler fitted (number 21180)


Works Visits
Works Stopped Entry Departure Duration Level of Work Actual Mileage
Doncaster Works 26/04/1922 29/04/1922 4 days Light Repair    
Doncaster Works 19/01/1923 14/04/1923 86 days General    
Doncaster Works 15/12/1924 26/03/1925 102 days General Boiler number 7267 (Diagram 3)
Renumbered to LNER (1924) number 4686
  
Doncaster Works 28/08/1925 15/09/1925 19 days Light Repair    
Doncaster Works 29/09/1925 10/10/1925 12 days Light Repair    
Doncaster Works 11/05/1926 15/05/1926 5 days Light Repair    
Doncaster Works 14/03/1927 25/06/1927 104 days General Boiler number 7463 (Diagram 3)
  
Doncaster Works 13/03/1928 11/05/1928 60 days Light Repair    
Doncaster Works 29/09/1928 24/11/1928 57 days General    
Doncaster Works 31/05/1930 05/07/1930 36 days General    
Doncaster Works 02/05/1931 07/05/1931 6 days Light Repair    
Doncaster Works 05/12/1931 09/01/1932 36 days General Boiler number 7269 (Diagram 3)
  
Cowlairs Works 1932 07/07/1932   Unknown Regime    
Cowlairs Works 1934 29/11/1934   General Side window cab & drop grate fitted
Boiler number Cl828 (Diagram 3)
  
Cowlairs Works 1936 02/05/1936   General    
Cowlairs Works 1937 13/09/1937   General    
Cowlairs Works 1937 10/1937   Light Repair    
Cowlairs Works 1938 26/10/1938   General    
Cowlairs Works 1940 13/07/1940   Light Repair    
Cowlairs Works 02/09/1940 05/10/1940 34 days General Boiler number 7624 (Diagram 3)
  
Cowlairs Works 1942 01/1942   General    
Cowlairs Works 1942 09/04/1942   Light Repair    
Cowlairs Works 1942 08/08/1942   Light Repair    
Cowlairs Works 1942 16/09/1942   Light Repair    
Cowlairs Works 1943 20/08/1943   Heavy    
Cowlairs Works 1945 11/1945   Light Repair Snowplough fitted
  
Cowlairs Works 28/06/1945 09/08/1945 43 days General Boiler number 21110 (Diagram 3)
  
Cowlairs Works 12/09/1947 01/11/1947 51 days Heavy    
Cowlairs Works 12/09/1949 02/12/1949 82 days General Boiler number 9197 (Diagram 3)
Renumbered to BR 61776
  
Cowlairs Works 14/05/1951 16/06/1951 34 days Heavy Intermediate    
Cowlairs Works 30/03/1953 22/04/1953 24 days Light Intermediate    
Cowlairs Works 07/06/1954 03/07/1954 27 days Light Casual    
Cowlairs Works 04/01/1955 12/02/1955 40 days General Boiler number 21180 (Diagram 3)
  
Cowlairs Works 15/04/1957 18/05/1957 34 days Heavy Intermediate    

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
01/10/1949 Cowlairs Works Locomotives entering Works 29/8 to 1/10: These included Nos. 61002/76, 61132, 1278, 61741/55/75, 1776, 61787, 61885, 61924, 62413/34, 2458, 62459, 2472, 62481, 3148, 63194, 64588, 4598, 4710, 4852/70, 4928, 64944, 4950, 5900, 65907, 7466, 67498, 67626/59/61, 68322, 8343, 8451/70/78, 69192, 69201/22, 9224, ex L.M.S. 4786, 44793, 54654, 56038, ex W.D. 77039/63, 77313/24, 90774. The only classes noted ex Cowlairs so far with the crest are 'B.1', 'J.39', 'K.2', 'K.3' and W.D. 2-8-0 and 2-10-0. No former N.B. engines have been noted with the crest, but many are lined in the latest style. SLS/194911

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
06/1921 To Service To service as Great Northern Railway Number 1686
Built at Kitson, Works Number 5336
Allocated to Doncaster (DON)
Diagram 3 boiler fitted		    
26/04/1922 Works Visit Works Visit - Doncaster Works (Light Repair) - Arr: 26/04/1922. Dep: 29/04/1922.    
19/01/1923 Works Visit Works Visit - Doncaster Works (General) - Arr: 19/01/1923. Dep: 14/04/1923.    
15/12/1924 Works Visit Works Visit - Doncaster Works (General) - Arr: 15/12/1924. Dep: 26/03/1925.
Work undertaken:
Boiler number 7267 (Diagram 3)
Renumbered to LNER (1924) number 4686
    
28/08/1925 Works Visit Works Visit - Doncaster Works (Light Repair) - Arr: 28/08/1925. Dep: 15/09/1925.    
29/09/1925 Works Visit Works Visit - Doncaster Works (Light Repair) - Arr: 29/09/1925. Dep: 10/10/1925.    
11/05/1926 Works Visit Works Visit - Doncaster Works (Light Repair) - Arr: 11/05/1926. Dep: 15/05/1926.    
14/03/1927 Works Visit Works Visit - Doncaster Works (General) - Arr: 14/03/1927. Dep: 25/06/1927.
Work undertaken:
Boiler number 7463 (Diagram 3)
    
13/03/1928 Works Visit Works Visit - Doncaster Works (Light Repair) - Arr: 13/03/1928. Dep: 11/05/1928.    
29/09/1928 Works Visit Works Visit - Doncaster Works (General) - Arr: 29/09/1928. Dep: 24/11/1928.    
31/05/1930 Works Visit Works Visit - Doncaster Works (General) - Arr: 31/05/1930. Dep: 05/07/1930.    
02/05/1931 Works Visit Works Visit - Doncaster Works (Light Repair) - Arr: 02/05/1931. Dep: 07/05/1931.    
05/12/1931 Works Visit Works Visit - Doncaster Works (General) - Arr: 05/12/1931. Dep: 09/01/1932.
Work undertaken:
Boiler number 7269 (Diagram 3)
    
1932 Works Visit Works Visit - Cowlairs Works (Unknown Regime) - Arr: ?/1932. Dep: 07/07/1932.    
25/01/1932 Allocation Reallocated to St Margarets (STM)    
1934 Works Visit Works Visit - Cowlairs Works (General) - Arr: ?/1934. Dep: 29/11/1934.
Work undertaken:
Side window cab & drop grate fitted
Boiler number Cl828 (Diagram 3)
    
1936 Works Visit Works Visit - Cowlairs Works (General) - Arr: ?/1936. Dep: 02/05/1936.    
1937 Works Visit Works Visit - Cowlairs Works (General) - Arr: ?/1937. Dep: 13/09/1937.    
1937 Works Visit Works Visit - Cowlairs Works (Light Repair) - Arr: ?/1937. Dep: ?/10/1937.    
1938 Works Visit Works Visit - Cowlairs Works (General) - Arr: ?/1938. Dep: 26/10/1938.    
1940 Works Visit Works Visit - Cowlairs Works (Light Repair) - Arr: ?/1940. Dep: 13/07/1940.    
02/09/1940 Works Visit Works Visit - Cowlairs Works (General) - Arr: 02/09/1940. Dep: 05/10/1940.
Work undertaken:
Boiler number 7624 (Diagram 3)
    
1942 Works Visit Works Visit - Cowlairs Works (General) - Arr: ?/1942. Dep: ?/01/1942.    
1942 Works Visit Works Visit - Cowlairs Works (Light Repair) - Arr: ?/1942. Dep: 08/08/1942.    
1942 Works Visit Works Visit - Cowlairs Works (Light Repair) - Arr: ?/1942. Dep: 09/04/1942.    
1942 Works Visit Works Visit - Cowlairs Works (Light Repair) - Arr: ?/1942. Dep: 16/09/1942.    
10/1942 Allocation Reallocated to Eastfield (EFD)    
1943 Works Visit Works Visit - Cowlairs Works (Heavy) - Arr: ?/1943. Dep: 20/08/1943.    
1945 Works Visit Works Visit - Cowlairs Works (Light Repair) - Arr: ?/1945. Dep: ?/11/1945.
Work undertaken:
Snowplough fitted
    
28/06/1945 Works Visit Works Visit - Cowlairs Works (General) - Arr: 28/06/1945. Dep: 09/08/1945.
Work undertaken:
Boiler number 21110 (Diagram 3)
    
14/01/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 1776    
12/09/1947 Works Visit Works Visit - Cowlairs Works (Heavy) - Arr: 12/09/1947. Dep: 01/11/1947.    
12/09/1949 Works Visit Works Visit - Cowlairs Works (General) - Arr: 12/09/1949. Dep: 02/12/1949.
Work undertaken:
Boiler number 9197 (Diagram 3)
Renumbered to BR 61776
    
14/05/1951 Works Visit Works Visit - Cowlairs Works (Heavy Intermediate) - Arr: 14/05/1951. Dep: 16/06/1951.    
30/03/1953 Works Visit Works Visit - Cowlairs Works (Light Intermediate) - Arr: 30/03/1953. Dep: 22/04/1953.    
07/06/1954 Works Visit Works Visit - Cowlairs Works (Light Casual) - Arr: 07/06/1954. Dep: 03/07/1954.    
04/01/1955 Works Visit Works Visit - Cowlairs Works (General) - Arr: 04/01/1955. Dep: 12/02/1955.
Work undertaken:
Boiler number 21180 (Diagram 3)
    
15/04/1957 Works Visit Works Visit - Cowlairs Works (Heavy Intermediate) - Arr: 15/04/1957. Dep: 18/05/1957.    
1959 Scrapped Scrapped    
23/03/1959 Withdrawn Condemned as 61776 from Eastfield (65A)    

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