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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Eastern Railway 1538 m/e 07/1915
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 8538 m/e 01/1924
London and North Eastern Railway (1942) 7452 m/e Not applied
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 1538 m/e 05/1946
British Railways 61538 m/e 08/1949

Locomotive Specifics
Designer S. Holden
Class B12
Company History GER/LNER
Wheels 4-6-0
Builder Stratford Works
Order Number B78
To Service During 07/1915
Withdrawal Tue 01/01/1957
Service Life 41 yrs, 6 mths , 2 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 11/1957

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 07/1915
STR   Stratford on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
GRA   Grantham w/e 01/10/1949
35C   Spital Bridge 5w/e 23/07/1955
     Withdrawn on 01/01/1957

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC GRA Grantham w/e 01/10/1949
ALLOC 35C Spital Bridge 4w/e 13/08/1955
WDN   on 01/01/1957

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced
Modifications
Date Modified Modification
03/1928 Vacuum Ejector fitted
12/1932 ACFI feed water heating apparatus fitted
06/1937 ACFI feed water heating apparatus removed


Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
07/1915 To Service To service as Great Eastern Railway Number 1538
Built at Stratford Works
   
01/1924 Renumbered Renumbered to 8538    
03/1928 Modification Modification: Vacuum Ejector fitted    
12/1932 Modification Modification: ACFI feed water heating apparatus fitted    
06/1937 Modification Modification: ACFI feed water heating apparatus removed    
1942 Number Allocated Allocated number 7452 but not taken up    
05/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 1538    
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Stratford (STR)    
08/1949 Renumbered Renumbered to 61538    
01/10/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Grantham (GRA)    
23/07/1955 Allocation Reallocated to Spital Bridge (35C)    
01/01/1957 Withdrawn Condemned as 61538    
11/1957 Scrapped Scrapped    

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