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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Eastern Railway 1229 m/e 03/1906
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 8229 y/e 1924
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 5579 m/e 07/1946
British Railways 65579 m/e 04/1949

Locomotive Specifics
Designer J. Holden
Class J17
Company History GER/LNER
Wheels 0-6-0
Builder Stratford Works
Order Number S59
To Service During 03/1906
Withdrawal w/e Mon 29/11/1954
Service Life 48 yrs , 9 mths
Information Vacuum Ejector and Steam Heat connector fitted in order to allow passenger work on the M&GN

Disposal

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 03/1906
SL   South Lynn on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
31B   March w/e 30/06/1951
31B   March 4w/e 21/07/1951
31D   South Lynn 5w/e 21/03/1953
     Withdrawn w/e 29/11/1954

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 31B March w/e 30/06/1951
ALLOC 31D South Lynn 4w/e 21/03/1953
WDN   w/e 29/11/1954

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
03/1906 To Service To service as Great Eastern Railway Number 1229
Built at Stratford Works 		   
1924 Renumbered Renumbered to 8229    
07/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 5579    
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - South Lynn (SL)    
04/1949 Renumbered Renumbered to 65579    
30/06/1951 Allocation Reallocated to March (31B)    
21/07/1951 Allocation Reallocated to March (31B)    
21/03/1953 Allocation Reallocated to South Lynn (31D)    
29/11/1954 Withdrawn Condemned as 65579    

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