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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Northern Railway 1278 m/e 11/1905
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 4278 m/e 11/1925
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 8877 m/e 07/1946
British Railways 68877 m/e 02/1949

Locomotive Specifics
Designer P. Stirling
Class J52
Company History GNR/LNER
Wheels 0-6-0ST
Builder Doncaster Works
Order Number 242
Works Number 1094
To Service During 11/1905
Withdrawal Tue 20/11/1956
Service Life 51 yrs , 20 dys

Disposal

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 11/1905
GRA   Grantham on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
38A   Colwick 4w/e 21/04/1956
     Withdrawn on 20/11/1956

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 38A Colwick 4w/e 28/04/1956
WDN   on 20/11/1956

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
11/1905 To Service To service as Great Northern Railway Number 1278
Built at Doncaster Works, Works Number 1094
   
11/1925 Renumbered Renumbered to 4278    
07/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 8877    
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Grantham (GRA)    
02/1949 Renumbered Renumbered to 68877    
21/04/1956 Allocation Reallocated to Colwick (38A)    
20/11/1956 Withdrawn Condemned as 68877    

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