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**Numbers Carried**
Company	Number		Date From
Great Eastern Railway	72	m/e	03/1909
London and North Eastern Railway (1924)	7072	y/e	1924
London and North Eastern Railway (1946)	7181	m/e	09/1946
British Railways	67181	m/e	Not applied

Locomotive Specifics

Designer

J. Holden

Class

Company History

GER/LNER

Wheels

2-4-2T

Builder

Stratford Works

Order Number

I65

Fittings (as built)

Condenser	Fitted
Engine Brakes	Westinghouse

To Service

During 03/1909

Withdrawal

Sat 24/04/1948

Service Life

39 yrs, 1 mth , 26 dys

Information

Carried the letter B during secondment to the War Department instead of it's usual number

**Disposal**
Scrapping	During 04/1948

**Allocations**
Code	Name		From Date
	(New)	m/e	03/1909
WD	(Used for coastal defence at Canterbury)	m/e	06/1940
91E	To Eastern Region	m/e	05/1943
STR	Stratford	on	01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
	Withdrawn	on	24/04/1948

**Modifications**
Date Modified	Modification
06/1940	Wartime Armour Plating fitted
06/1943	Wartime Armour Plating removed

**Summary**
Date	Event	Details
03/1909	To Service	To service as Great Eastern Railway Number 72 Built at Stratford Works
1924	Renumbered	Renumbered to 7072
06/1940	Allocation
06/1940	Modification	Modification: Wartime Armour Plating fitted
05/1943	Allocation	Reallocated to To Eastern Region (91E)
06/1943	Modification	Modification: Wartime Armour Plating removed
09/1946	Renumbered	Renumbered to 7181
01/01/1948	Allocation	Allocation Snapshot - Stratford (STR)
04/1948	Scrapped	Scrapped
24/04/1948	Withdrawn	Condemned as 7181
1949	Number Allocated	Allocated number 67181 but not taken up

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