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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Central Railway (1st) 269A m/e 12/1897
Great Central Railway 269 m/e 02/1898
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 5269 m/e 08/1924

Locomotive Specifics
Designer H. Pollitt
Class D6
Company History GCR/LNER
Rebuild History
ClassFrom
D612/1897
Wheels 4-4-0
Builder Gorton Works
Fittings (as built)
Engine Brakes Vacuum
To Service During 12/1897
Withdrawal During 11/1932
Service Life 34 yrs, 11 mths , 1 dy

Disposal

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 12/1897
     Withdrawn m/e 11/1932

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
WDN BGT Bathgate on 26/07/1947

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced
Modifications
Date Modified Modification
05/1927 Superheated boiler fitted


Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
20/08/1947 Inverurie Works On 20/8 the following locos. were in the Works yard: 'D31' 2071, 'J36' (Number painted out but carrying plate 9653 - identified as 5229), old No. 'D41' 6879 (old No.), 'J36' 5251/72/87/91, 5302/32/36 (the latter marked 'scrap') 'G10' 7505, all complete; whilst those stripped were: 'D40' 2266/80, 'D31' (bearing plate 9765, old No.), 2067, 'J36' 5212/19. Locos. in the Works were 'D40' 2262/75, 'D41' 2234/42/44, 'J35' 4463/82/84, 'J36' 5257/69/84, 5325, while 'D41' 2256 and 'G5' 7287 were ex Works freshly painted. SLS/194710

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
12/1897 To Service To service as Great Central Railway Number 269
Built at Gorton Works
   
02/1898 Renumbered Renumbered to 269    
08/1924 Renumbered Renumbered to 5269    
05/1927 Modification Modification: Superheated boiler fitted    
11/1932 Withdrawn Condemned as 5269    

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