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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great North of Scotland Railway 26 m/e 10/1899
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 6826 m/e 05/1924
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 2261 m/e 09/1946
British Railways 62261 w/e 19/06/1948

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 5606
To Service During 10/1899
Withdrawal During 03/1953
Service Life 53 yrs, 4 mths , 29 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 08/1953

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 10/1899
KIT   Kittybrewster on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
61C   Keith 4w/e 12/07/1952
     Withdrawn m/e 03/1953

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC KIT Kittybrewster on 10/02/1947
ALLOC 61C Keith 4w/e 12/07/1952
WDN   on 23/02/1953

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
10/1899 To Service To service as Great North of Scotland Railway Number 26
Built at Neilson, Reid & Co., Works Number 5606		    
05/1924 Renumbered Renumbered to 6826    
09/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 2261    
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Kittybrewster (KIT)    
19/06/1948 Renumbered Renumbered to 62261    
12/07/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Keith (61C)    
03/1953 Withdrawn Condemned as 62261    
08/1953 Scrapped Scrapped    

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