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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great North of Scotland Railway 36 m/e 08/1910
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 6836 m/e 12/1925
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 2272 m/e 09/1946
British Railways 62272 w/e 04/12/1948

Locomotive Specifics
Designer W. Pickersgill / T. Heywood
Class D40
Company History GNSR/LNER
Wheels 4-4-0
Builder Inverurie Works
Order Number No Order ID issued
To Service During 08/1910
Withdrawal During 04/1955
Service Life 44 yrs , 8 mths

Disposal
Scrapping During 04/1955

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 08/1910
KIT   Kittybrewster on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
61C   Keith 4w/e 01/12/1951
     Withdrawn m/e 04/1955

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 61C Keith 4w/e 01/12/1951
WDN   on 11/03/1955

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
31/12/1949 Inverurie Works Locomotives entering Works during December: These included Nos. 61503, 62272/75, 64496, 4505, 64536, 65242, 5329, ex-L.M.S. 15224, 16278, 17347, 17460, 17611. SLS/195002
19/03/1950 Inverurie Works In the yard on 19/3 were 'B.12' No. 61539, 'D.40' No. 62272, 'D.31' No. 62282 (Condemned, built Cowlairs 1890), 'J.36' No. 65294, 'J.72' No. 68717 and '2F' No. 57260 (built Neilson 1884). SLS/195004
31/07/1952 Keith MPD Engines at Keith shed were 62231, 62225/42/56/65/8/9/72/5, 61502/7/8, 67292, 54473 an 57597. SLS/195208

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
08/1910 To Service To service as Great North of Scotland Railway Number 36
Built at Inverurie Works
   
12/1925 Renumbered Renumbered to 6836    
09/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 2272    
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Kittybrewster (KIT)    
04/12/1948 Renumbered Renumbered to 62272    
01/12/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Keith (61C)    
04/1955 Withdrawn Condemned as 62272    
04/1955 Scrapped Scrapped    

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