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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Eastern Railway 1231 m/e 11/1910
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 8231 y/e 1924
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 5581 m/e 08/1946
British Railways 65581 m/e 01/1949

Locomotive Specifics
Designer J. Holden
Class J17
Company History GER/LNER
Wheels 0-6-0
Builder Stratford Works
Order Number T67
To Service During 11/1910
Withdrawal Wed 25/04/1962
Service Life 51 yrs, 5 mths , 25 dys
Information Vacuum Ejector and Steam Heat connector fitted in order to allow passenger work on the M&GN

Disposal

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 11/1910
YB   Yarmouth Beach on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
32A   Norwich Thorpe w/e 07/03/1959
31A   Cambridge w/e 10/02/1962
     Withdrawn on 25/04/1962

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 32A Norwich Thorpe 4w/e 21/03/1959
ALLOC 31A Cambridge 5w/e 10/03/1962
WDN   on 25/04/1962

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
13/06/1959 Midland and Great Northern Joint line Between Sutton Bridge and South Lynn signalling has been removed throughout and track also, as far as Clenchwarton; from East Rudham eastwards, track and signalling have been removed as far as Fakenham; from Yarmouth Beach westwards, signalling has been removed as far as Hemsby and track as far as Newtown Halt-on 2nd August the breakdown train was in Great Ormesby station; the locomotive to work the dismantling train comes daily from Cromer Beach-often J17 65581, formerly of Yarmouth Beach shed which has now been completely dismantled. SLS/195909

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
11/1910 To Service To service as Great Eastern Railway Number 1231
Built at Stratford Works
   
1924 Renumbered Renumbered to 8231    
08/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 5581    
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Yarmouth Beach (YB)    
01/1949 Renumbered Renumbered to 65581    
07/03/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Norwich Thorpe (32A)    
10/02/1962 Allocation Reallocated to Cambridge (31A)    
25/04/1962 Withdrawn Condemned as 65581    

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