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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 2845 on 14/06/1935
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 1645 m/e 09/1946
British Railways 61645 m/e 03/1949

Names Carried
Date From Name
14/06/1935 THE SUFFOLK REGIMENT

Locomotive Specifics
Designer N. Gresley
Class B17
Company History LNER
Rebuild History
ClassFrom
B17/314/06/1935
B17/6 (4-6-0)12/1952
Wheels 4-6-0
Builder Darlington Works
Works Number 1616
Fittings (as built)
Engine Brakes Vacuum
To Service Thu 14/06/1935
Withdrawal Thu 26/02/1959
Service Life 23 yrs, 8 mths , 12 dys
Video Clip Naming ceremony at Bury St. Edmunds, 27th June 1935

Disposal
Scrapping During 02/1959

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) on 14/06/1935
IPS   Ipswich on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
CAM   Cambridge w/e 26/11/1949
CAM   Cambridge m/e 30/11/1949
30A   Stratford 4w/e 21/11/1953
30E   Colchester 4w/e 19/12/1953
30A   Stratford 3w/e 14/05/1955
30E   Colchester m/e 21/07/1956
30A   Stratford 4w/e 22/09/1956
31A   Cambridge 4w/e 20/10/1956
31B   March 4w/e 15/12/1956
     Withdrawn on 26/02/1959

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC IPS Ipswich w/e 12/10/1946
ALLOC CAM Cambridge w/e 26/11/1949
ALLOC 30A Stratford 4w/e 31/10/1953
ALLOC 30E Colchester 4w/e 26/12/1953
ALLOC 30A Stratford 4w/e 21/05/1955
ALLOC 30E Colchester 4w/e 23/06/1956
ALLOC 31A Cambridge 4w/e 13/10/1956
ALLOC 31B March 3w/e 01/12/1956
WDN   on 26/02/1959

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
28/02/1949 Darlington Works Locomotives awaiting Works during February included:-Nos. 1274, 1605/11/18/31/45, 2745/67, 3199, 3411, 5096, 5606/28, 5800, 7262, 8708, 9105, 60816, 60133, (adjustment), 61015 (damaged), 63140, 65057 (damaged in the Crook derailment), 65712, 67705/54, 69827 (NEA), Class '8' W.D. 77320 an 79239.To scrap yard: Nos. 3291/97/99, 3301/08/17/32, 63322 (badly damaged at Old Town Jct., Middlesboro').Locomotives ex Works during February included:-Nos. 60141, 60142 (Darlington 2061/1949-the first 1949 locomotive), 60143, 60509 (light repair), 60923, 60931 (light repair), 61022 (unlined black), 61161 (lined out), 61162 (unlined black), 61181/86, 61237/58, 61400, 61635/41, 61659 (light repair), 61660, 62353/59/78, 62718/32/64, 63341/49, 65098, 65601, 65633 (repaired at Gateshead-buffer beam snow plough fitted), 65712/49, 65827/60, 67255, 67386, 67623, 67714 (light repair), 68010/39, 68160, 68260, 69933, Class '8' W.D. 90252 (ex 77352), 90344 (ex 70877), 90613 (ex 77469). SLS/194904
31/03/1949 Darlington Works Locomotives awaiting Works during March included: Nos. 1173, 1240, 2343, 2703, 3005/44, 3139, 3273, 5028/36, 5091, 5668, 5715, 5821, 8180, 8705, 9107, 9374/75, 9880, 61023, 61434, 61619/43, 62730/52, 63099, 63315/80, 65119, 67709/22 (both light repairs), 69807/65, Class '8' 77499, 78578/85, 79206. To scrap yard: Nos, 3332, 5649/68, 5715, 9374. Locomotives ex Works during March included: Nos. 5629/33 (both fitted small snow ploughs at Gateshead Works), 60816, 61020 (name removed), 61216, 61422, 61618, 61644 (rebuilt 2 cyls.), 61645/47/48, 62700/21/64, 63392, 63411/17/30/65, 65094, 65656, 65800/76, 67244/68, 67344, 67615, 68265, 68409/25/32, 68708/13, 69401, 69773, W.D. 90008 (light repair), 90103, 90235, 90391, 90606. No. 5626 has been sold out of service to the Bolton Colliery, it is understood. Easingwold Rly. 0-6-OT No. 2 has been broken up in the scrap yard here by a private firm. SLS/194905

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
14/06/1935 To Service To service as London and North Eastern Railway Number 2845, name: THE SUFFOLK REGIMENT
Built at Darlington Works, Works Number 1616
   
09/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 1645    
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Ipswich (IPS)    
03/1949 Renumbered Renumbered to 61645    
26/11/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Cambridge (CAM)    
30/11/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Cambridge (CAM)    
21/11/1953 Allocation Reallocated to Stratford (30A)    
19/12/1953 Allocation Reallocated to Colchester (30E)    
14/05/1955 Allocation Reallocated to Stratford (30A)    
21/07/1956 Allocation Reallocated to Colchester (30E)    
22/09/1956 Allocation Reallocated to Stratford (30A)    
20/10/1956 Allocation Reallocated to Cambridge (31A)    
15/12/1956 Allocation Reallocated to March (31B)    
02/1959 Scrapped Scrapped    
26/02/1959 Withdrawn Condemned as 61645    

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