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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
London and North Eastern Railway (Orig) 478 m/e 11/1938
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 7673 m/e 07/1946
British Railways 67673 m/e 01/1950

Locomotive Specifics
Designer N. Gresley
Class V1
Company History LNER
Wheels 2-6-2T
Order Number 345
Works Number 1889
Fittings (as built)
Engine Brakes Vacuum and Westinghouse Brake
To Service During 11/1938
Withdrawal Mon 01/10/1962
Service Life 23 yrs, 11 mths , 0 dys
Information Hopper bunker

Disposal
Scrapping During 04/1963

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 11/1938
STR   Stratford on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
NOR   Norwich Thorpe w/e 23/10/1948
STR   Stratford w/e 02/04/1949
MID   Middlesbrough on 29/01/1950
52B   Heaton 4w/e 25/11/1950
52B   Heaton m/e 30/11/1950
51D   Middlesbrough w/e 07/07/1951
51D   Middlesbrough 4w/e 21/07/1951
52B   Heaton w/e 29/09/1951
52B   Heaton 4w/e 20/10/1951
52C   Blaydon 4w/e 17/11/1956
52A   Gateshead 5w/e 20/04/1957
54A   Sunderland 4w/e 11/10/1958
52B   Heaton w/e 20/06/1959
52G   Sunderland w/e 03/10/1959
52B   Heaton w/e 05/08/1961
     Withdrawn on 01/10/1962

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC NOR Norwich Thorpe w/e 23/10/1948
ALLOC STR Stratford w/e 02/04/1949
ALLOC MID Middlesbrough on 29/01/1950
ALLOC 52B Heaton m/e 30/11/1950
ALLOC 51D Middlesbrough w/e 07/07/1951
ALLOC 52B Heaton w/e 29/09/1951
ALLOC 52C Blaydon 3w/e 01/12/1956
ALLOC 52A Gateshead 4w/e 20/04/1957
ALLOC 54A Sunderland 5w/e 04/10/1958
ALLOC 52B Heaton 4w/e 11/07/1959
ALLOC 54A Sunderland 4w/e 03/10/1959
ALLOC 52B Heaton 5w/e 12/08/1961
WDN   on 01/10/1962

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced
Modifications
Date Modified Modification
02/1953 Westinghouse Brake removed


Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
11/1938 To Service To service as London and North Eastern Railway Number 478    
07/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 7673    
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Stratford (STR)    
23/10/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Norwich Thorpe (NOR)    
02/04/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Stratford (STR)    
01/1950 Renumbered Renumbered to 67673    
29/01/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Middlesbrough (MID)    
25/11/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Heaton (52B)    
30/11/1950 Allocation Reallocated to Heaton (52B)    
07/07/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Middlesbrough (51D)    
21/07/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Middlesbrough (51D)    
29/09/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Heaton (52B)    
20/10/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Heaton (52B)    
02/1953 Modification Modification: Westinghouse Brake removed    
17/11/1956 Allocation Reallocated to Blaydon (52C)    
20/04/1957 Allocation Reallocated to Gateshead (52A)    
11/10/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Sunderland (54A)    
20/06/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Heaton (52B)    
03/10/1959 Allocation Reallocated to Sunderland (52G)    
05/08/1961 Allocation Reallocated to Heaton (52B)    
01/10/1962 Withdrawn Condemned as 67673    
04/1963 Scrapped Scrapped    

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