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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 2446 m/e 05/1936
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 1962 m/e 09/1946
British Railways 61962 m/e 10/1949

Locomotive Specifics
Designer N. Gresley
Class K3
Company History GNR/LNER
Rebuild History
ClassFrom
K305/1936
Wheels 2-6-0
Builder Armstrong Whitworth
Order Number L92
Works Number 1273
Fittings (as built)
Engine Brakes Vacuum
To Service During 05/1936
Withdrawal Wed 19/12/1962
Service Life 26 yrs, 7 mths , 19 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During y/e 1963

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 05/1936
HTN   Heaton on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
MAR   March w/e 05/06/1948
HTN   Heaton w/e 06/11/1948
52D   Tweedmouth 4w/e 19/01/1952
52D   Tweedmouth 4w/e 26/01/1952
52B   Heaton 4w/e 11/10/1958
52D   Tweedmouth w/e 17/09/1960
52H   Tyne Dock w/e 14/10/1961
50B   Hull Dairycoates w/e 20/01/1962
     Withdrawn on 19/12/1962

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC MAR March w/e 05/06/1948
ALLOC HTN Heaton w/e 06/11/1948
ALLOC 52D Tweedmouth 4w/e 26/01/1952
ALLOC 52B Heaton 5w/e 04/10/1958
ALLOC 52D Tweedmouth 4w/e 01/10/1960
ALLOC 52H Tyne Dock 6w/e 11/11/1961
ALLOC 50B Hull Dairycoates 5w/e 03/02/1962
WDN   on 18/12/1962

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

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
05/1936 To Service To service as London and North Eastern Railway Number 2446
Built at Armstrong Whitworth, Works Number 1273
   
09/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 1962    
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Heaton (HTN)    
05/06/1948 Allocation Reallocated to March (MAR)    
06/11/1948 Allocation Reallocated to Heaton (HTN)    
10/1949 Renumbered Renumbered to 61962    
19/01/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Tweedmouth (52D)    
26/01/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Tweedmouth (52D)    
11/10/1958 Allocation Reallocated to Heaton (52B)    
17/09/1960 Allocation Reallocated to Tweedmouth (52D)    
14/10/1961 Allocation Reallocated to Tyne Dock (52H)    
20/01/1962 Allocation Reallocated to Hull Dairycoates (50B)    
19/12/1962 Withdrawn Condemned as 61962    
1963 Scrapped Scrapped    

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