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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great North of Scotland Railway 115 m/e 10/1899
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 6915 y/e 1924
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 2264 m/e 08/1946
British Railways 62264 w/e 17/04/1948

Locomotive Specifics
Designer W. Pickersgill / T. Heywood
Class D40
Company History GNSR/LNER
Wheels 4-4-0
Builder Neilson, Reid & Co.
Order Number E827
Works Number 5604
To Service During 10/1899
Withdrawal Tue 05/03/1957
Service Life 57 yrs, 5 mths , 3 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 07/1957

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 10/1899
KEI   Keith on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
     Withdrawn on 05/03/1957

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
WDN   on 05/03/1957

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
10/1899 To Service To service as Great North of Scotland Railway Number 115
Built at Neilson, Reid & Co., Works Number 5604
   
1924 Renumbered Renumbered to 6915    
08/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 2264    
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Keith (KEI)    
17/04/1948 Renumbered Renumbered to 62264    
05/03/1957 Withdrawn Condemned as 62264    
07/1957 Scrapped Scrapped    

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