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Numbers Carried
Company Number Date From
London and North Eastern Railway (1924) 2470 m/e 10/1936
London and North Eastern Railway (1946) 1969 m/e 09/1946
British Railways 61969 m/e 04/1948

Locomotive Specifics
Designer N. Gresley
Class K3
Company History GNR/LNER
Rebuild History
ClassFrom
K310/1936
Wheels 2-6-0
Builder Darlington Works
Order Number No Order ID issued
Works Number 1678
Fittings (as built)
Engine Brakes Vacuum
To Service During 10/1936
Withdrawal Mon 17/12/1962
Service Life 26 yrs, 2 mths , 17 dys

Disposal
Scrapping During y/e 1963

Allocations
Code Subsequent Codes Name From Date
    (New) m/e 10/1936
HTN   Heaton on 01/01/1948 (Snapshot)
52D   Tweedmouth 4w/e 13/12/1952
52D   Tweedmouth 4w/e 27/12/1952
52H   Tyne Dock w/e 14/10/1961
50B   Hull Dairycoates w/e 20/01/1962
     Withdrawn on 17/12/1962

SLS Allocations*
Type Code Name From Date
ALLOC 52D Tweedmouth 4w/e 27/12/1952
ALLOC 52H Tyne Dock 6w/e 11/11/1961
ALLOC 50B Hull Dairycoates 5w/e 03/02/1962
WDN   on 17/12/1962

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

Mentions ...
Report Date Title Report Source
30/04/1950 Doncaster Works Class A.1 named include 60120 Kittiwake, 60133 Pommern, 60141 Abbotsford in, April; other engines through Doncaster Plant included A.1 60122; A.2 60500/12/39; A.3 60039/43/54/94; A.4 60018/20/1/3; V.2 60814/20/32/65/67/80/97, 60912/14; K.3 61802/22/24/46/61/67/77, 61947/69/85; B.17 61634; C.12 67366; K.5 61863 (light repair); B.1 61036/83/95, 61113, 61267. Some exchanges of 'Pacifics' and 'Green Arrows' are afoot on account of A.T.C. trials on the G.N. Section. SLS/195006

Summary
Date Event Details Source See Also
10/1936 To Service To service as London and North Eastern Railway Number 2470
Built at Darlington Works, Works Number 1678
   
09/1946 Renumbered Renumbered to 1969    
01/01/1948 Allocation Allocation Snapshot - Heaton (HTN)    
04/1948 Renumbered Renumbered to 61969    
13/12/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Tweedmouth (52D)    
27/12/1952 Allocation Reallocated to Tweedmouth (52D)    
14/10/1961 Allocation Reallocated to Tyne Dock (52H)    
20/01/1962 Allocation Reallocated to Hull Dairycoates (50B)    
17/12/1962 Withdrawn Condemned as 61969    
1963 Scrapped Scrapped    

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