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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great North of Scotland Railway 31 m/e 06/1910
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 6831 m/e 11/1925
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 2268 m/e 05/1946
British Railways 62268 w/e 18/12/1948

Locomotive Specifics
Designer W. Pickersgill / T. Heywood
Class D40
Company History GNSR/LNER
Wheels 4-4-0
Builder Inverurie Works
Order Number No Order ID issued
To Service During 06/1910
Withdrawal w/e Fri 06/07/1956
Service Life 46 yrs, 1 mth , 5 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During 08/1956

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 06/1910
KIT   Kittybrewster on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
61C   Keith 4w/e 08/09/1951
61C   Keith 8w/e 09/09/1951
     Withdrawn w/e 06/07/1956

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 61C Keith 4w/e 08/09/1951
WDN   w/e 06/07/1956

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/07/1952 Keith MPD Engines at Keith shed were 62231, 62225/42/56/65/8/9/72/5, 61502/7/8, 67292, 54473 an 57597. SLS/195208

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
06/1910 To Service To service as Great North of Scotland Railway Number 31
Built at Inverurie Works
   
11/1925 Renumbered Renumbered to 6831    
05/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 2268    
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Kittybrewster (KIT)    
18/12/1948 Renumbered Renumbered to 62268    
08/09/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Keith (61C)    
09/09/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Keith (61C)    
06/07/1956 Withdrawn Condemned as 62268    
08/1956 Scrapped Scrapped    

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