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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Northern Railway 1001 m/e 06/1920
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 4001 m/e 05/1925
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 1801 m/e 08/1946
British Railways 61801 m/e 02/1949

Locomotive Specifics
Designer N. Gresley
Class K3
Company History GNR/LNER
Rebuild History
ClassFrom
K306/1920
Wheels 2-6-0
Builder Doncaster Works
Order Number 290
Works Number 1513
Fittings (as built)
Engine Brakes Vacuum
To Service During 06/1920
Withdrawal Tue 17/04/1962
Service Life 41 yrs, 10 mths , 17 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During y/e 1962

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 06/1920
CLK   Colwick on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
MAR   March w/e 18/06/1949
STR   Stratford w/e 01/10/1949
40A   Lincoln 5w/e 24/07/1954
30A   Stratford 4w/e 23/10/1954
31B   March 4w/e 16/02/1957
31A   Cambridge w/e 12/12/1959
31B   March w/e 02/12/1961
     Withdrawn on 17/04/1962

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC CLK Colwick on 12/10/1947
ALLOC MAR March w/e 18/06/1949
ALLOC STR Stratford w/e 01/10/1949
ALLOC 40A Lincoln 4w/e 17/07/1954
ALLOC 30A Stratford 4w/e 06/11/1954
ALLOC 31B March 4w/e 23/02/1957
ALLOC 31A Cambridge 4w/e 26/12/1959
ALLOC 31B March 5w/e 09/12/1961
WDN   on 17/04/1962

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced
Modifications
Date Modified Modification
03/1933 Long Travel Valves fitted


Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
06/1920 To Service To service as Great Northern Railway Number 1001
Built at Doncaster Works, Works Number 1513
   
05/1925 Renumbered Renumbered to 4001    
03/1933 Modification Modification: Long Travel Valves fitted    
08/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 1801    
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Colwick (CLK)    
02/1949 Renumbered Renumbered to 61801    
18/06/1949 Allocation Reallocated to March (MAR)    
01/10/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Stratford (STR)    
24/07/1954 Allocation Reallocated to Lincoln (40A)    
23/10/1954 Allocation Reallocated to Stratford (30A)    
16/02/1957 Allocation Reallocated to March (31B)    
12/12/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Cambridge (31A)    
02/12/1961 Allocation Reallocated to March (31B)    
1962 Scrapped Scrapped    
17/04/1962 Withdrawn Condemned as 61801    

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