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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Eastern Railway 1568 m/e 06/1920
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 8568 m/e 01/1924
London and North Eastern Railway (1942) 7482 m/e 10/1942
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 1568 m/e 09/1946
British Railways 61568 m/e 10/1948

Locomotive Specifics
Designer S. Holden
Class B12
Company History GER/LNER
Wheels 4-6-0
Builder Stratford Works
Order Number H82
To Service During 06/1920
Withdrawal Mon 03/08/1959
Service Life 39 yrs, 2 mths , 3 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 09/1959

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 06/1920
STR   Stratford on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
32B   Ipswich 4w/e 19/05/1951
32A   Norwich Thorpe w/e 07/07/1951
32A   Norwich Thorpe 4w/e 21/07/1951
32F   Yarmouth Beach 4w/e 25/07/1953
32D   Yarmouth South Town 4w/e 24/10/1953
32B   Ipswich 4w/e 23/01/1954
32F   Yarmouth Beach 4w/e 22/05/1954
32B   Ipswich 5w/e 24/07/1954
32A   Norwich Thorpe 4w/e 21/08/1954
     Withdrawn on 03/08/1959

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC COL Colchester on 19/04/1947
ALLOC STR Stratford on 07/06/1947
ALLOC 32B Ipswich w/e 19/05/1951
ALLOC 32A Norwich Thorpe w/e 07/07/1951
ALLOC 32F Yarmouth Beach 4w/e 11/07/1953
ALLOC 32D Yarmouth South Town 4w/e 03/10/1953
ALLOC 32B Ipswich 4w/e 23/01/1954
ALLOC 32F Yarmouth Beach 4w/e 22/05/1954
ALLOC 32B Ipswich 4w/e 17/07/1954
ALLOC 32A Norwich Thorpe 4w/e 11/09/1954
WDN   on 03/08/1959

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced
Modifications
Date Modified Modification
04/1924 Vacuum Ejector fitted
10/1931 ACFI feed water heating apparatus fitted
04/1941 ACFI feed water heating apparatus removed


Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
19/04/1958 Cromer MPD The allocation at Beach shed is-B12/3, 61514/6/42/7/68 and B1 61312; the latter works usually on the Melton Constable branch and the B12's on Norwich trains. SLS/195805

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
06/1920 To Service To service as Great Eastern Railway Number 1568
Built at Stratford Works
   
01/1924 Renumbered Renumbered to 8568    
04/1924 Modification Modification: Vacuum Ejector fitted    
10/1931 Modification Modification: ACFI feed water heating apparatus fitted    
04/1941 Modification Modification: ACFI feed water heating apparatus removed    
10/1942 Renumbered Renumbered to 7482    
09/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 1568    
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Stratford (STR)    
10/1948 Renumbered Renumbered to 61568    
19/05/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Ipswich (32B)    
07/07/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Norwich Thorpe (32A)    
21/07/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Norwich Thorpe (32A)    
25/07/1953 Allocation Reallocated to Yarmouth Beach (32F)    
24/10/1953 Allocation Reallocated to Yarmouth South Town (32D)    
23/01/1954 Allocation Reallocated to Ipswich (32B)    
22/05/1954 Allocation Reallocated to Yarmouth Beach (32F)    
24/07/1954 Allocation Reallocated to Ipswich (32B)    
21/08/1954 Allocation Reallocated to Norwich Thorpe (32A)    
03/08/1959 Withdrawn Condemned as 61568    
09/1959 Scrapped Scrapped    

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