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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Eastern Railway 1508 m/e 03/1913
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 8508 m/e 01/1924
London and North Eastern Railway (1942) 7422 m/e Not applied
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 1508 m/e 06/1946
British Railways 61508 m/e 10/1948

Locomotive Specifics
Designer S. Holden
Class B12
Company History GER/LNER
Wheels 4-6-0
Builder Stratford Works
Order Number A73
To Service During 03/1913
Withdrawal Thu 30/04/1953
Service Life 40 yrs, 2 mths , 1 dy

Disposal
Scrapping During 07/1953

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 03/1913
KIT   Kittybrewster on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
61C   Keith 4w/e 14/06/1952
     Withdrawn on 30/04/1953

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 61C Keith 4w/e 14/06/1952
WDN   on 30/04/1953

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced
Modifications
Date Modified Modification
07/1924 Vacuum Ejector fitted
10/1931 ACFI feed water heating apparatus fitted
08/1941 ACFI feed water heating apparatus removed


Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/10/1949 Inverurie Works Locomotives entering Works during October: These included Nos. 61508/24, 62240/60/65, 64466/71, 64500, 4531, 5229, 65279, 68192, ex-L.M.S. 44254, 4324, 15136, 17251, 17359, 17450/51. SLS/194912
31/01/1950 Inverurie Works Locomotives entering Works during January: These included Nos. 61508/21, 62273, 4483, 64490, ex-L.M.S. 15144, 15222/66, 56326, 17235/55, 57289. SLS/195003
31/07/1951 G.N.O.S. Section - Keith In an afternoon's observation at the Junction B1's 61343/8/52, D41's 62231/56, D40's 62262, 62264/9, and B12/1 61508 were seen. The B1's were in excellent condition. The others were just clean. 62269 has a crest and also a tender cab. 62231 in plain black appeared hauling a director's special, since involved in a crash at Dalguise on 1st August. 61508 was still in green as was 61528 seen at Craigellachie Junction: The Aberdeen-Inverness and a goods were both worked from Keith by Cal. 4-4-0's of 60A. The station was in the process of being repainted. SLS/195109
31/07/1952 Keith MPD Engines at Keith shed were 62231, 62225/42/56/65/8/9/72/5, 61502/7/8, 67292, 54473 an 57597. SLS/195208

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
03/1913 To Service To service as Great Eastern Railway Number 1508
Built at Stratford Works
   
01/1924 Renumbered Renumbered to 8508    
07/1924 Modification Modification: Vacuum Ejector fitted    
10/1931 Modification Modification: ACFI feed water heating apparatus fitted    
08/1941 Modification Modification: ACFI feed water heating apparatus removed    
1942 Number Allocated Allocated number 7422 but not taken up    
06/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 1508    
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Kittybrewster (KIT)    
10/1948 Renumbered Renumbered to 61508    
14/06/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Keith (61C)    
30/04/1953 Withdrawn Condemned as 61508    
07/1953 Scrapped Scrapped    

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