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**Numbers Carried**
Company	Number		Date From
Midland Railway	833	y/e	1904
Midland Railway (1907)	743	y/e	1907
British Railways	40743	m/e	01/1949

**Locomotive Specifics**
Designer	S. Johnson
Class	2781
Company History	MR/LMS
Wheels	4-4-0
Builder	Derby Works
Order Number	2601
To Service	During 1904
Withdrawal	w/e Sat 05/07/1952
Service Life	48 yrs, 7 mths , 5 dys

**Disposal**
Scrapping	During 10/1952

**Allocations**
Code	Name		From Date
	(New)	m/e	1904
20G	Hellifield	4w/e	30/11/1935
17A	Derby	on	01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
20A	Holbeck (MR)	w/e	25/06/1949
20A	Holbeck (MR)	5w/e	16/07/1949
15D	Bedford	w/e	03/03/1951
15D	Bedford	4w/e	24/03/1951
	Withdrawn	w/e	05/07/1952

SLS Allocations*
Type	Code	Name		From Date
LOAN	15B	Kettering	w/e	26/07/1947
EXLOAN	17A	Derby	w/e	25/10/1947
ALLOC	20A	Holbeck (MR)	w/e	25/06/1949
ALLOC	15D	Bedford	w/e	03/03/1951
WDN			w/e	05/07/1952

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

**Modifications**
Date Modified	Modification
by 1921	20½" Cylinders fitted
by 1921	G8AS superheated Belpaire boiler fitted

**Summary**
Date	Event	Details
1904	To Service	To service as Midland Railway Number 833 Built at Derby Works
1907	Renumbered	Renumbered to 743
1921	Modification	Modification: 20½" Cylinders fitted
1921	Modification	Modification: G8AS superheated Belpaire boiler fitted
30/11/1935	Allocation	Reallocated to Hellifield (20G)
01/01/1948	Allocation	Allocation Snapshot - Derby (17A)
01/1949	Renumbered	Renumbered to 40743
25/06/1949	Allocation	Reallocated to Holbeck (MR) (20A)
16/07/1949	Allocation	Reallocated to Holbeck (MR) (20A)
03/03/1951	Allocation	Reallocated to Bedford (15D)
24/03/1951	Allocation	Reallocated to Bedford (15D)
05/07/1952	Withdrawn	Condemned as 40743
10/1952	Scrapped	Scrapped

Complete BR Locomotive Database 1948-1997

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