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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 3829 m/e 02/1937
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 1989 m/e 10/1946
British Railways 61989 m/e 05/1949

Locomotive Specifics
Designer N. Gresley
Class K3
Company History GNR/LNER
Rebuild History
ClassFrom
K302/1937
Wheels 2-6-0
Builder Darlington Works
Order Number No Order ID issued
Works Number 1699
Fittings (as built)
Engine Brakes Vacuum
To Service During 02/1937
Withdrawal Tue 19/06/1962
Service Life 25 yrs, 4 mths , 19 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During y/e 1962

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 02/1937
NOR   Norwich Thorpe on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
LOW   Lowestoft w/e 09/10/1948
NOR   Norwich Thorpe 4w/e 25/12/1948
32C   Lowestoft 4w/e 24/10/1953
32A   Norwich Thorpe 4w/e 23/01/1954
32C   Lowestoft 5w/e 24/07/1954
32A   Norwich Thorpe 4w/e 13/11/1954
32D   Yarmouth South Town 4w/e 08/01/1958
32A   Norwich Thorpe 4w/e 08/03/1958
41H   Staveley (G.C.) w/e 26/03/1960
41F   Mexborough w/e 24/06/1961
41C   Sheffield Millhouses w/e 22/07/1961
41H   Staveley (G.C.) w/e 16/09/1961
     Withdrawn on 19/06/1962

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC NOR Norwich Thorpe w/e 18/10/1947
ALLOC LOW Lowestoft w/e 09/10/1948
ALLOC NOR Norwich Thorpe 4w/e 25/12/1948
ALLOC 32C Lowestoft 4w/e 31/10/1953
ALLOC 32A Norwich Thorpe 4w/e 23/01/1954
ALLOC 32C Lowestoft 4w/e 14/08/1954
ALLOC 32A Norwich Thorpe 4w/e 04/12/1954
ALLOC 32D Yarmouth South Town 4w/e 28/12/1957
ALLOC 32A Norwich Thorpe 4w/e 22/02/1958
ALLOC 41H Staveley (G.C.) 4w/e 16/04/1960
ALLOC 41F Mexborough 4w/e 08/07/1961
ALLOC 41C Sheffield Millhouses 4w/e 05/08/1961
ALLOC 41H Staveley (G.C.) 5w/e 07/10/1961
WDN   on 19/06/1962

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
02/1937 To Service To service as London and North Eastern Railway Number 3829
Built at Darlington Works, Works Number 1699
   
10/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 1989    
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Norwich Thorpe (NOR)    
09/10/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Lowestoft (LOW)    
25/12/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Norwich Thorpe (NOR)    
05/1949 Renumbered Renumbered to 61989    
24/10/1953 Allocation Reallocated to Lowestoft (32C)    
23/01/1954 Allocation Reallocated to Norwich Thorpe (32A)    
24/07/1954 Allocation Reallocated to Lowestoft (32C)    
13/11/1954 Allocation Reallocated to Norwich Thorpe (32A)    
08/01/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Yarmouth South Town (32D)    
08/03/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Norwich Thorpe (32A)    
26/03/1960 Allocation Reallocated to Staveley (G.C.) (41H)    
24/06/1961 Allocation Reallocated to Mexborough (41F)    
22/07/1961 Allocation Reallocated to Sheffield Millhouses (41C)    
16/09/1961 Allocation Reallocated to Staveley (G.C.) (41H)    
1962 Scrapped Scrapped    
19/06/1962 Withdrawn Condemned as 61989    

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