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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 1420 on 18/03/1926
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 5917 m/e 09/1946
British Railways 65917 m/e 05/1948

Locomotive Specifics
Designer N. Gresley
Class J38
Company History LNER
Rebuild History
ClassFrom
J38/118/03/1926
J38/2 (0-6-0)04/1940
J38/1 (0-6-0)05/1944
J38/2 (0-6-0)01/1953
J38/1 (0-6-0)01/1958
Wheels 0-6-0
Builder Darlington Works
Order Number No Order ID issued
Works Number 1317
To Service Sat 18/03/1926
Withdrawal Sat 19/11/1966
Service Life 40 yrs, 8 mths , 1 dy

Disposal
Scrapping During 04/1967 at Arnott Young (Old Kilpatrick)

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) on 18/03/1926
DFU   Dunfermline Upper on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
POL   Polmont w/e 21/05/1949
65F   Grangemouth 5w/e 30/05/1964
62A   Thornton Junction 4w/e 22/08/1964
62C   Dunfermline Upper 5w/e 26/09/1964
     Withdrawn on 19/11/1966

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC POL Polmont w/e 21/05/1949
ALLOC 65F Grangemouth 5w/e 13/06/1964
ALLOC 62A Thornton Junction 4w/e 08/08/1964
ALLOC 62C Dunfermline Upper 5w/e 12/09/1964
WDN   on 19/11/1966

* Stephenson Locomotive Society data - raw and not yet cross-referenced
Modifications
Date Modified Modification
04/1946 Screw Reverse fitted
04/1946 Steam Reverse Removed


Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
18/03/1926 To Service To service as London and North Eastern Railway Number 1420
Built at Darlington Works, Works Number 1317
   
04/1946 Modification Modification: Screw Reverse fitted    
04/1946 Modification Modification: Steam Reverse Removed    
09/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 5917    
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Dunfermline Upper (DFU)    
05/1948 Renumbered Renumbered to 65917    
21/05/1949 Allocation Reallocated to Polmont (POL)    
30/05/1964 Allocation Reallocated to Grangemouth (65F)    
22/08/1964 Allocation Reallocated to Thornton Junction (62A)    
26/09/1964 Allocation Reallocated to Dunfermline Upper (62C)    
19/11/1966 Withdrawn Condemned as 65917    
04/1967 Scrapped Broken up by Arnott Young: Old Kilpatrick    

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