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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 2466 m/e 10/1935
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 1956 on 17/02/1946
British Railways 61956 m/e 12/1949

Locomotive Specifics
Designer N. Gresley
Class K3
Company History GNR/LNER
Rebuild History
ClassFrom
K310/1935
Wheels 2-6-0
Builder North British Locomotive Company, Glasgow
Order Number L890
Works Number 24242
Fittings (as built)
Engine Brakes Vacuum
To Service During 10/1935
Withdrawal Sun 16/09/1962
Service Life 26 yrs, 11 mths , 17 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During y/e 1962

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 10/1935
GOR   Gorton m/e 11/1935
WFD   Woodford Halse on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
GOR   Gorton m/e 07/1949
GOR   Gorton w/e 02/07/1949
40B   Immingham w/e 02/06/1951
40B   Immingham 5w/e 23/06/1951
     Withdrawn on 16/09/1962

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC GOR Gorton w/e 02/07/1949
ALLOC 40B Immingham w/e 02/06/1951
WDN   on 16/09/1962

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
04/01/1959 Doncaster MPD (Ex Wks.) On shed, waiting Works-60101 (64B), 60506 (34E), 60118 (56C), 60078 (52A), 61159 (40B). Ex Wks.-60517 (52B), 60137 (52A), 61978 (34E), 70000 (30A), 61894 (40A), 61956 (40B), 60094 (64B), 61212 (36E). Stored-63939/41/2/3/54/6/7/63/4/7/9/77/81/3/4, 64876/981 all in open. Others-60031 (64B), D3646/7 (36C), 92035 (36C), D3621/2, D3481/2, 92172/3/95/2201, 69586 (34C), 48269 (2E), 62017/55/70 (31B), 43060 (40F). SLS/195902

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
10/1935 To Service To service as London and North Eastern Railway Number 2466
Built at North British Locomotive Company, Glasgow, Works Number 24242
   
11/1935 Allocation Reallocated to Gorton (GOR)    
17/02/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 1956    
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Woodford Halse (WFD)    
07/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Gorton (GOR)    
02/07/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Gorton (GOR)    
12/1949 Renumbered Renumbered to 61956    
02/06/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Immingham (40B)    
23/06/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Immingham (40B)    
1962 Scrapped Scrapped    
16/09/1962 Withdrawn Condemned as 61956    

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