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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great North of Scotland Railway 98 m/e 12/1895
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 6898 m/e 04/1924
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 2242 m/e 10/1946
British Railways 62242 w/e 09/10/1948

Locomotive Specifics
Designer J. Johnson / W. Pickersgill
Class D41
Company History GNSR/LNER
Wheels 4-4-0
Builder Neilson, Reid & Co.
Order Number E747
Works Number 4882
Fittings (as built)
Boiler Diagram 88
Train Brakes Westinghouse
Safety Valves Ramsbottom
To Service During 12/1895
Withdrawal Mon 23/02/1953
Service Life 57 yrs, 2 mths , 24 dys

Allocations
Code Name From Date
  (New) m/e 12/1895
KIT Kittybrewster on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
   Withdrawn on 23/02/1953

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC KEI Keith w/e 10/12/1949
WDN   on 23/02/1953

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced
Modifications
Date Modified Modification
07/1915 Steam heating apparatus
07/1933 LNER Diagram 88B boiler fitted
1936 Vacuum Ejector fitted
05/1942 LNER Diagram 88 boiler fitted


Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
12/1895 To Service To service as Great North of Scotland Railway Number 98
Built at Neilson, Reid & Co., Works Number 4882		    
04/1924 Renumbered Renumbered to 6898    
1936 Modification Modification: Vacuum Ejector fitted    
10/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 2242    
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Kittybrewster (KIT)    
09/10/1948 Renumbered Renumbered to 62242    
23/02/1953 Withdrawn Condemned as 62242    

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