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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
London and North Eastern Railway (Orig) 465 m/e 05/1936
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 7659 m/e 06/1946
British Railways 67659 m/e 09/1948

Locomotive Specifics
Designer N. Gresley
Class V1
Company History LNER
Wheels 2-6-2T
Order Number 337
Works Number 1835
Fittings (as built)
Engine Brakes Vacuum
To Service During 05/1936
Withdrawal w/e Mon 12/02/1962
Service Life 25 yrs, 9 mths , 13 dys
Information Hopper bunker

Disposal
Scrapping During 03/1962

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 05/1936
STM   St Margarets on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
     Withdrawn w/e 12/02/1962

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
WDN   w/e 12/02/1962

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
01/10/1949 Cowlairs Works Locomotives entering Works 29/8 to 1/10: These included Nos. 61002/76, 61132, 1278, 61741/55/75, 1776, 61787, 61885, 61924, 62413/34, 2458, 62459, 2472, 62481, 3148, 63194, 64588, 4598, 4710, 4852/70, 4928, 64944, 4950, 5900, 65907, 7466, 67498, 67626/59/61, 68322, 8343, 8451/70/78, 69192, 69201/22, 9224, ex L.M.S. 4786, 44793, 54654, 56038, ex W.D. 77039/63, 77313/24, 90774. The only classes noted ex Cowlairs so far with the crest are 'B.1', 'J.39', 'K.2', 'K.3' and W.D. 2-8-0 and 2-10-0. No former N.B. engines have been noted with the crest, but many are lined in the latest style. SLS/194911

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
05/1936 To Service To service as London and North Eastern Railway Number 465    
06/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 7659    
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - St Margarets (STM)    
09/1948 Renumbered Renumbered to 67659    
12/02/1962 Withdrawn Condemned as 67659    
03/1962 Scrapped Scrapped    

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