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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
London and North Eastern Railway (Orig) 489 m/e 02/1939
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 7678 m/e 06/1946
British Railways 67678 m/e 07/1948

Locomotive Specifics
Designer N. Gresley
Class V1
Company History LNER
Rebuild History
ClassFrom
V102/1939
V3 (2-6-2T)10/1958
Wheels 2-6-2T
Order Number 345
Works Number 1894
Fittings (as built)
Engine Brakes Vacuum
To Service During 02/1939
Withdrawal Mon 02/11/1964
Service Life 25 yrs, 9 mths , 2 dys
Information Hopper bunker

Disposal
Scrapping During 02/1965

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 02/1939
PKD   Parkhead on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
52B   Heaton w/e 08/12/1962
52A   Gateshead w/e 29/12/1962
     Withdrawn on 02/11/1964

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 52B Heaton w/e 08/12/1962
ALLOC 52B Heaton 7w/e 29/12/1962
ALLOC 52A Gateshead 5w/e 12/01/1963
WDN   on 02/11/1964

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/08/1948 Darlington Works Locomotives for shops during August included Nos. 507, 980, 2366, 3285, 3349, 3426/69, 5641, 5872, 7282, 7344, 7628, 8424, 8712/32, 9089, 9787, 62762, 67281 an 69798. Locomotives ex shops during the same period included Nos. 60509, 60824/25/98, 60920, 61455/61, 62706, 63361, 63418, 65647/69/92, 65708/37/41/62/63/67/89/99, 65809/16/62, 67295, 67605/16/30/78, 68305/37/60/93, 68423, 69781/82/95, 69868/73/84. No. 61461 has been rebuilt to 'B.16/3'; Paint date, August. Locomotives painted black and fully lined are Nos. 60898, 60920 an 62706, while No. 60509 has been painted green. The last 'L.1', No. 67730, is Darlington 2048 of 1948; Paint date, August SLS/194810
02/08/1962 Polmont MPD In store on 2nd August-40188/9/200, 64795, 67618/29/30/43/62/78, 69188/212/8. 65280 an 69137 were removed during July to Inverurie for scrap. 69126 an 68454/72 were en route Boness dump-Clarkston for scrap on 31st July. SLS/196209

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
02/1939 To Service To service as London and North Eastern Railway Number 489    
06/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 7678    
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Parkhead (PKD)    
07/1948 Renumbered Renumbered to 67678    
08/12/1962 Allocation Reallocated to Heaton (52B)    
29/12/1962 Allocation Reallocated to Gateshead (52A)    
02/11/1964 Withdrawn Condemned as 67678    
02/1965 Scrapped Scrapped    

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