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**Numbers Carried**
Company	Number		Date From
British Railways	60120	on	10/12/1948

**Names Carried**
Date From	Name
05/1950	KITTIWAKE

**Liveries Carried**
Colour	Lining	Date From
LNER Apple Green	Black and White	10/12/1948
BR Blue	Black and White	31/03/1950
BR Green	Orange and Black	04/10/1951

**Locomotive Specifics**
Designer	A. Peppercorn
Class	A1
Company History	LNER
Wheels	4-6-2
Builder	Doncaster Works
Order Number	382
Works Number	2037
To Service	Mon 10/12/1948 to Kings Cross (KX)
Withdrawal	Mon 20/01/1964 off York (North) (50A)
Service Life	15 yrs, 1 mth , 10 dys

**Notes**
Notes	Into Darlington Works for cutting up 28/1/64

**Allocations**
Code	Name		From Date
KX	Kings Cross (New)	on	10/12/1948
37B	Copley Hill (Leeds)	on	04/06/1950
37B	Copley Hill (Leeds)	m/e	30/06/1950
50A	York (North)	on	08/09/1963
	Withdrawn	on	20/01/1964

SLS Allocations*
Type	Code	Name		From Date
NEW	KX	Kings Cross	on	10/12/1948
ALLOC	37B	Copley Hill (Leeds)	m/e	30/06/1950
ALLOC	50A	York (North)	w/e	14/09/1963
WDN			on	20/01/1964

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

**Modifications**
Date Modified	Modification
10/12/1948	Diagram 118 boiler fitted (number 9666)
23/04/1955	Diagram 118 boiler fitted (number 29857)
06/05/1959	Diagram 118 boiler fitted (number 29859)
24/08/1961	Diagram 118 boiler fitted (number 29881)

**Works Visits**
Works	Entry	Departure	Duration	Level of Work	Actual
Doncaster Works	23/01/1950	31/03/1950	68 days	General
Doncaster Works	09/08/1950	09/08/1950	1 day	Weighing
Doncaster Works	02/10/1950	19/10/1950	18 days	Light Casual
Doncaster Works	27/08/1951	04/10/1951	39 days	Heavy Intermediate
Doncaster Works	03/07/1952	25/07/1952	23 days	Light Casual
Doncaster Works	21/01/1953	30/01/1953	10 days	Unclassified	ATC fitted
Doncaster Works	26/05/1953	09/07/1953	45 days	General
Doncaster Works	18/03/1955	23/04/1955	37 days	General	Boiler number 29857 (Diagram 118)
Doncaster Works	03/05/1955	03/05/1955	1 day	Unclassified
Doncaster Works	13/04/1956	28/04/1956	16 days	Unclassified
Doncaster Works	11/05/1956	17/05/1956	7 days	Unclassified
Doncaster Works	31/08/1956	21/09/1956	22 days	Unclassified
Doncaster Works	14/02/1957	25/05/1957	101 days	Heavy Intermediate
Doncaster Works	17/07/1957	17/07/1957	1 day	Weighing
Doncaster Works	24/01/1958	03/02/1958	11 days	Unclassified
Doncaster Works	11/09/1958	26/09/1958	16 days	Unclassified
Doncaster Works	01/04/1959	06/05/1959	36 days	General	Boiler number 29859 (Diagram 118)
Doncaster Works	11/02/1960	02/03/1960	21 days	Light Casual
Doncaster Works	14/05/1960	17/06/1960	35 days	Light Casual
Doncaster Works	18/07/1961	24/08/1961	38 days	General	Boiler number 29881 (Diagram 118)

**Summary**
Date	Event	Details
10/12/1948	To Service	To service as British Railways Number 60120 Built at Doncaster Works, Works Number 2037 Allocated to Kings Cross (KX) Livery applied: Apple green with white lined black boiler bands, black frames and cylinders with red lining Diagram 118 boiler fitted
23/01/1950	Works Visit	Works Visit - Doncaster Works (General) - Arr: 23/01/1950. Dep: 31/03/1950.
05/1950	Naming	Named 'KITTIWAKE'
04/06/1950	Allocation	Reallocated to Copley Hill (Leeds) (37B)
30/06/1950	Allocation	Reallocated to Copley Hill (Leeds) (37B)
09/08/1950	Works Visit	Works Visit - Doncaster Works (Weighing) - Arr: 09/08/1950. Dep: 09/08/1950.
02/10/1950	Works Visit	Works Visit - Doncaster Works (Light Casual) - Arr: 02/10/1950. Dep: 19/10/1950.
27/08/1951	Works Visit	Works Visit - Doncaster Works (Heavy Intermediate) - Arr: 27/08/1951. Dep: 04/10/1951.
04/10/1951	Livery	Change of livery to Green with orange and black lining.
03/07/1952	Works Visit	Works Visit - Doncaster Works (Light Casual) - Arr: 03/07/1952. Dep: 25/07/1952.
21/01/1953	Works Visit	Works Visit - Doncaster Works (Unclassified) - Arr: 21/01/1953. Dep: 30/01/1953. Work undertaken: ATC fitted
26/05/1953	Works Visit	Works Visit - Doncaster Works (General) - Arr: 26/05/1953. Dep: 09/07/1953.
18/03/1955	Works Visit	Works Visit - Doncaster Works (General) - Arr: 18/03/1955. Dep: 23/04/1955. Work undertaken: Boiler number 29857 (Diagram 118)
03/05/1955	Works Visit	Works Visit - Doncaster Works (Unclassified) - Arr: 03/05/1955. Dep: 03/05/1955.
13/04/1956	Works Visit	Works Visit - Doncaster Works (Unclassified) - Arr: 13/04/1956. Dep: 28/04/1956.
11/05/1956	Works Visit	Works Visit - Doncaster Works (Unclassified) - Arr: 11/05/1956. Dep: 17/05/1956.
31/08/1956	Works Visit	Works Visit - Doncaster Works (Unclassified) - Arr: 31/08/1956. Dep: 21/09/1956.
14/02/1957	Works Visit	Works Visit - Doncaster Works (Heavy Intermediate) - Arr: 14/02/1957. Dep: 25/05/1957.
17/07/1957	Works Visit	Works Visit - Doncaster Works (Weighing) - Arr: 17/07/1957. Dep: 17/07/1957.
24/01/1958	Works Visit	Works Visit - Doncaster Works (Unclassified) - Arr: 24/01/1958. Dep: 03/02/1958.
11/09/1958	Works Visit	Works Visit - Doncaster Works (Unclassified) - Arr: 11/09/1958. Dep: 26/09/1958.
01/04/1959	Works Visit	Works Visit - Doncaster Works (General) - Arr: 01/04/1959. Dep: 06/05/1959. Work undertaken: Boiler number 29859 (Diagram 118)
11/02/1960	Works Visit	Works Visit - Doncaster Works (Light Casual) - Arr: 11/02/1960. Dep: 02/03/1960.
14/05/1960	Works Visit	Works Visit - Doncaster Works (Light Casual) - Arr: 14/05/1960. Dep: 17/06/1960.
18/07/1961	Works Visit	Works Visit - Doncaster Works (General) - Arr: 18/07/1961. Dep: 24/08/1961. Work undertaken: Boiler number 29881 (Diagram 118)
08/09/1963	Allocation	Reallocated to York (North) (50A)
20/01/1964	Withdrawn	Condemned as 60120 from York (North) (50A)

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