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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Eastern Railway 1238 m/e 01/1911
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 8238 y/e 1924
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 5588 m/e 08/1946
British Railways 65588 m/e 02/1950

Locomotive Specifics
Designer J. Holden
Class J17
Company History GER/LNER
Wheels 0-6-0
Builder Stratford Works
Order Number T67
To Service During 01/1911
Withdrawal Mon 29/05/1961
Service Life 50 yrs, 4 mths , 28 dys
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 01/1911
SL   South Lynn on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
31A   Cambridge 4w/e 20/01/1951
30A   Stratford w/e 01/12/1951
33A   Plaistow 4w/e 23/02/1952
33A   Plaistow 4w/e 22/03/1952
32A   Norwich Thorpe 5w/e 18/06/1955
32G   Melton Constable 4w/e 16/03/1957
32C   Lowestoft 5w/e 15/11/1958
32A   Norwich Thorpe w/e 18/06/1960
     Withdrawn on 29/05/1961

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 30A Stratford w/e 01/12/1951
ALLOC 33A Plaistow 4w/e 23/02/1952
ALLOC 32A Norwich Thorpe 4w/e 18/06/1955
ALLOC 32G Melton Constable 4w/e 23/03/1957
ALLOC 32C Lowestoft 4w/e 01/11/1958
ALLOC 32A Norwich Thorpe 3w/e 02/07/1960
WDN   on 29/05/1961

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
21/11/1960 G.E. Dieselisation Extensive dieselisation has taken place on the GE and a considerable re-shuffle of diesels between March, Ipswich and Stratford took place on 21st November. Cambridge has lost all its passenger turns (steam) and its entire allocation of Bls (61046/8/66/71/82, 61236/52/3/4/80/3) has been transferred to March and Norwich, leaving 16 steam engines allocated. South Lynn is now a sub-shed of March, its allocation being 43089/90, 65548/77 an 68499. Lowestoft has lost its 3 steam engines (65462, 65588 and 68642) to store at Trowse and is completely diesel, i.e. D2039, D2553/5/68/70/3. SLS/196101

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
01/1911 To Service To service as Great Eastern Railway Number 1238
Built at Stratford Works
   
1924 Renumbered Renumbered to 8238    
08/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 5588    
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - South Lynn (SL)    
02/1950 Renumbered Renumbered to 65588    
20/01/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Cambridge (31A)    
01/12/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Stratford (30A)    
23/02/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Plaistow (33A)    
22/03/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Plaistow (33A)    
18/06/1955 Allocation Reallocated to Norwich Thorpe (32A)    
16/03/1957 Allocation Reallocated to Melton Constable (32G)    
15/11/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Lowestoft (32C)    
18/06/1960 Allocation Reallocated to Norwich Thorpe (32A)    
29/05/1961 Withdrawn Condemned as 65588    

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