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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
Great Eastern Railway 214 m/e 09/1907
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 7214 y/e 1924
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 7162 m/e 12/1946
British Railways 67162 m/e 05/1950

Locomotive Specifics
Designer J. Holden
Class F4
Company History GER/LNER
Wheels 2-4-2T
Builder Stratford Works
Order Number G63
Fittings (as built)
Condenser Fitted
Engine Brakes Westinghouse
To Service During 09/1907
Withdrawal Mon 15/08/1955
Service Life 47 yrs, 11 mths , 15 dys
Information Carried the letter C during secondment to the War Department instead of it's usual number

Disposal

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 09/1907
WD  
(Used for coastal defence at Westerfield & Canterbury)
m/e 06/1940
91E   To Eastern Region m/e 07/1943
YB   Yarmouth Beach on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
MEL     on 25/01/1948
32E   Yarmouth Vauxhall 4w/e 20/10/1951
     Withdrawn on 15/08/1955

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC STR Stratford on 08/02/1947
ALLOC NOR Norwich Thorpe on 18/09/1947
ALLOC YB Yarmouth Beach w/e 15/11/1947
ALLOC MEL   on 25/01/1948
ALLOC 32E Yarmouth Vauxhall w/e 20/10/1951
WDN   on 15/08/1955

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced
Modifications
Date Modified Modification
06/1940 Wartime Armour Plating fitted
10/1943 Wartime Armour Plating removed


Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
06/09/1947 Stratford Works Commemoration plates are being fitted to certain engines of Class 'F4' which were used on war service. Plates noted on Nose 7152 and 7162 read as follows:-'During the war of 1939-1945 this locomotive was armoured and hauled defence trains on the coast lines.' The frames of Claud Hamilton still exist in a siding near the Paint Shop. SLS/194710
25/09/1947 Stratford Works The following withdrawn locos. were noted in the vicinity of the stripping shop on 25/9: 'F3' 7118/21/29/38/45; 'B12/3' 1522; 'D16/3' 2500; 'J15' 5358 an 5403 (all stripped), whilst 7125 an 7148 were intact. Other locos. stripped were: 'J15' 5402/54; 'D16' 2535; 'J17' 5541/71. In the stripping shop were: 'E4' 2784; 'J15' 5472; 'J19/2' 4675 and 'J17' 5549. In the Paint shop were the 'Coffee Pot' 'Y5' 8081 and W.D. 77416. A curious sight was the crane tank shed filled by two W.D.'s 77119 an 77312 (the latter with a 15A shed plate). In the fields behind the New Works were 'F3' 7146; 'J70' 8225; 'H2' 7512; 'D16' 2591; 'B12' 1544 and 'J39' 4841, all awaiting works. W.D. 77476 was in the New Works, and W.D.'s 77302 and 77107 were in the shed yard. 'D16' 2584; 'J20' 4677/93; 'J39' 4708/61, 'J69' 8574/8632; 'F6' 7230 and 'F4' 7162 were all noted newly painted ex-works. 7162 was fitted with a tablet-catcher. SLS/194711

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
09/1907 To Service To service as Great Eastern Railway Number 214
Built at Stratford Works
   
1924 Renumbered Renumbered to 7214    
06/1940 Allocation      
06/1940 Modification Modification: Wartime Armour Plating fitted    
07/1943 Allocation Reallocated to To Eastern Region (91E)    
10/1943 Modification Modification: Wartime Armour Plating removed    
12/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 7162    
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Yarmouth Beach (YB)    
25/01/1948 Allocation      
05/1950 Renumbered Renumbered to 67162    
20/10/1951 Allocation Reallocated to Yarmouth Vauxhall (32E)    
15/08/1955 Withdrawn Condemned as 67162    

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