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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Eastern Railway 1557 m/e 02/1921
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 8557 m/e 01/1924
London and North Eastern Railway (1942) 7471 m/e Not applied
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 1557 m/e 10/1946
British Railways 61557 m/e 01/1950

Locomotive Specifics
Designer S. Holden
Class B12
Company History GER/LNER
Wheels 4-6-0
Builder Beardmore, Dalmuir, Glasgow
Order Number W82
Works Number 151
To Service During 02/1921
Withdrawal Tue 01/01/1957
Service Life 35 yrs, 11 mths , 1 dy

Disposal
Scrapping During 02/1957

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 02/1921
STR   Stratford on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
COL   Colchester w/e 07/02/1948
30A   Stratford 4w/e 19/12/1953
30E   Colchester 4w/e 17/11/1956
     Withdrawn on 01/01/1957

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC STR Stratford on 25/01/1947
ALLOC COL Colchester w/e 07/02/1948
ALLOC 30A Stratford 4w/e 26/12/1953
ALLOC 30E Colchester 4w/e 10/11/1956
WDN   on 01/01/1957

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced
Modifications
Date Modified Modification
04/1927 Vacuum Ejector fitted


Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
02/1921 To Service To service as Great Eastern Railway Number 1557
Built at Beardmore, Dalmuir, Glasgow, Works Number 151
   
01/1924 Renumbered Renumbered to 8557    
04/1927 Modification Modification: Vacuum Ejector fitted    
1942 Number Allocated Allocated number 7471 but not taken up    
10/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 1557    
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Stratford (STR)    
07/02/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Colchester (COL)    
01/1950 Renumbered Renumbered to 61557    
19/12/1953 Allocation Reallocated to Stratford (30A)    
17/11/1956 Allocation Reallocated to Colchester (30E)    
01/01/1957 Withdrawn Condemned as 61557    
02/1957 Scrapped Scrapped    

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