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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Northern Railway 589 m/e 10/1914
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 3589 m/e 08/1924
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 4238 m/e 11/1946
British Railways 64238 m/e 06/1950

Locomotive Specifics
Designer H. Ivatt / N. Gresley
Class J6
Company History GNR/LNER
Wheels 0-6-0
Builder Doncaster Works
Order Number 279
Works Number 1449
Fittings (as built)
Engine Brakes Vacuum
To Service During 10/1914
Withdrawal Thu 01/10/1959
Service Life 45 yrs , 1 dy

Disposal
Scrapping During 11/1959

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 10/1914
NWE   New England on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
38A   Colwick w/e 04/02/1951
38E   Woodford Halse 4w/e 17/02/1951
     Withdrawn on 01/10/1959

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 38A Colwick w/e 04/02/1951
WDN   on 01/10/1959

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced
Modifications
Date Modified Modification
12/1939 Modified to conform to LNER Gauge


Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
10/1914 To Service To service as Great Northern Railway Number 589
Built at Doncaster Works, Works Number 1449
   
08/1924 Renumbered Renumbered to 3589    
12/1939 Modification Modification: Modified to conform to LNER Gauge    
11/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 4238    
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - New England (NWE)    
06/1950 Renumbered Renumbered to 64238    
04/02/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Colwick (38A)    
17/02/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Woodford Halse (38E)    
01/10/1959 Withdrawn Condemned as 64238    
11/1959 Scrapped Scrapped    

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